The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination.

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

[Allegory] is a flight by which the human wit attempts at one and the same time to investigate two objects, and consequently is fitted only to the most exalted geniuses.

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child.

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.

Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.

On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.

I am none of those nonsensical fools that can whine and make romantic love--I leave that to younger brothers. Let my estate speakfor me.

But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide.

Oh, of course, " said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library.

This machine kills fascists.

The Glory of this life is in viewing it as eternal.

You know you're having a bad week when you call 911, the paramedics come to your house, and one of them notices you've rearranged your furniture.

The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.

Do act mysterious. It always keeps them coming back for more.

Everything may not be OK but if God is with you, you will be OK.

All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel

Form is sometimes considered a mere spice added by the artist to the representation of objects in order to make it pleasurable.

Where do you think all these attacks on conservative media are coming from? They're not coming from the Democrats exclusively.