The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now ... only much much better.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.

I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with.

It feels great to not be the acne-ridden outsider that I felt like when I was in high school. It's a lot more fun being alive now than it was then, I'll say that much.

New York is great though. If you?re here and want a one of a kind souvenir be sure to take home the police sketch of your assailant.

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

Kiss those cuffs good-bye." Lula from "Hard Eight" By Janet Evonavich

Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.

When you say we're bringing a product to market, you make sure you execute.