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."

"Writers cannot choose their own mood: with them it is not always hide-tide, nor --thank Heaven!--always Storm."

"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."

"I write because I cannot NOT write."

"I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me."