If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we mus... - Charlotte Bronte

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed."

"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves."

"I write because I cannot NOT write."

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

"To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment."