I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
…nothing remained but loneliness and grief…
…feeling as if all the happiness and support of their lives was about to be taken from them.
…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.
…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
He was neither rich nor great, young nor handsome, - in no respect what is called fascinating, imposing or brilliant; and yet he was as attractive as a genial fire, and people seemed to gather about h...
Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
I wish I had no heart, it aches so…
I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands.They're not empty now.
Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.
But, like all happiness, it did not last long,