I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express." - Jane Eyre

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

Only the Creator defines path of a river course.

A myth is something that has never happened, but is happening all the time.

He who believes that each being has been created as we now see it, must occasionally have felt surprise when he has met with an animal having habits and structure not at all in agreement.

Whitney Houston is my idol and my mentor and my dream forever, like she will always be my favorite artist, ever, on the planet. Like I don't think I'll ever feel that way about another artist.

The new social landscape is rich with emotion.

If you know anything about me - and, if you do, I'm sorry that your life turned out like that.

I'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch.

I should like to see you try.

Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry.

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.