She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left.

There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.

Time will explain.

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.

You reveal your character by what you do with what you have.

The health you enjoy is largely your choice

I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.

It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being.

I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to!

I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.

Excepting the infinite spirit, everything else is changing. There is the whirl of change.

Feeling sorry for yourself for one single minute is okay, but spend all your remaining time on solutions.