O, if my husband could only love me even a little and not seem to be perfectly indifferent to any sensation of that kind... O my poor aching heart when shall it rest its burden only on the Lord.

I believe in women. I desire . . . to do those things that would advance women in moral and spiritual, as well as educational work.

I believe in women, especially thinking women.

None but mothers know each other's feelings when we give up our daughters whom we love and cherish so tenderly to the mercies of a man, and perhaps even a stranger.

O help me Father in heaven to overcome and resist temptation in every form or shape.

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!

The more you create great music, the more it makes you eager to create more and more

I believe that the wolf can change everything, if he just want to change.

The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

Everything free and decent in life is being locked away in filthy little cellars by beastly people who don't care.

There are few things more subtly distressing than an inappropriate gift from someone close to you.

I never could guess your weight, baby.

I don't think anything's underground anymore. And I think that's a good thing. Everything is up for grabs.

The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy.

After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's all right, it's still a pleasure.