When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

A reawakening to a new world.Tendered with immense prospectsConcealed in the unknown

I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.

I believe that there's a force of life in the universe, and that when we're writing or making music or painting, we're likely to connect with that flow.

Dissonance is as fatal in ailments of the mind as it is in those of the body.

Our story is over, yes, but our journey isn't, because we'll always live on the edge until the day we die.

When people have passion there's nothing they can't do.

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.

If he had one true love, then he wanted you to have one, too.

Oh, propriety," says Mrs Benjamin. "We're always so concerned with propriety. Even in total madness, we still stick to our hierarchies and chains of command.

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