Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; i... - Charlotte Bronte

"But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. He may lay down rules and devise principles, and to rules and principles it will perhaps for years lie in subjection; and then, haply without any warning of revolt, there comes a time when it will no longer consent."

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs."

"I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you."

"I write because I cannot NOT write."

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."