Sitting with her on Sunday evening - a wet Sunday evening - the very time of all others when if a friend is at hand the heart must be opened, and every thing told.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

There are various wounds to describe our hurts

By night, I am free. No one hears my monsters but me. My freedom is fragile, though, Because every morning, Over and over, The night is broken by the sun. It’s a good way to die.

I consider whoever my words land on to be my target, that’s why I like flash fiction, it’s a lot like using a shotgun.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement much disputation and yet more personal liking.

Being a nice girl from the Mid-West, my inclination is always to give in and say yes because I want people to like me.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.

Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.

What is not possible is not to choose.

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity.