39 quotes
American novelist (1832–1888)
“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go and it makes the end so easy.”
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."
on Resilience
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."
"I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship."
"Love is the only thing we can carry with us when we go and it makes the end so easy."
on Love
"I resolved to take Fate by the throat and shake the living out of her."
on Courage
"I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books."
on Ambition
"I want to be great or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber so I don't intend to try any more."
"Love is a great beautifier."
"Some books are so familiar, reading them is like being home again."
on Writing
"Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can"
on Life
"Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again."
"The more one gets the more one wants"
"…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst."
on Dreams
"Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music so is statuary crystalized spirituality."
on Art
"Life is my college. May I graduate well and earn some honors!"
on Education
"Many can argue not many converse."
on Wisdom
"Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you."
"Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost."
"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen."
on Hope
