Margaret found that the indifferent, careless conversations of one who, however kind, was not too warm and anxious a sympathizer, did her good.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

Ideas shape the course of history.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

What is really special about dogs is they're really similar to even human toddlers.

In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising.

She threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all ills

If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.

He comes back with the script, and it's racist like a 1940's Newspaper.

When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century.

When you're rereading or editing your book and you start to expect that this work is going to be reviewed, and you can sort of tell which line is going to show up in reviews.