Quotes

"Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's our only joke." ~ What Every Woman Knows by James M. Barrie "It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Some women, the few, have charm for all; and most have charm for one. But some have charm for none." ~ What Every Woman Knows by James M. Barrie Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- ~ The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; ~ The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe "A little opposition gives spice to life." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery "But it ain't our feelings we have to steer by through life--no, no, we'd make shipwreck mighty often if we did that. There's only the one safe compass and we've got to set our course by that--what it's right to do." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery The last day of the old year was one of those bright, cold, dazzling winter days, which bombard us with their brilliancy, and command our admiration but never our love. ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery The woods are never solitary--they are full of whispering, beckoning, friendly life. But the sea is a mighty soul, forever moaning of some great, unshareable sorrow, which shuts it up into itself for all eternity. ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I don't deny that an odd man here and there, if he's caught young and trained up proper, and if his mother has spanked him well beforehand, may turn out a decent being." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery