1. ”Above man's aims his nature rose.
The wisdom of a just content
Made one small spot a continent,
And turned to poetry life's prose.”
2. “A child her wayward pencil drew
On margins of her book;
Garlands of flower, dancing elves,
Bud, butterfly, and brook,
Lessons undone, and plum forgot,
Seeking with hand and heart
The teacher whom she learned to love
Before she knew t'was Art.”
3. "Far away up there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
4. “Housekeeping ain't no joke!”
5. “I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it.”
6. ““I am just in the mood for a ghostly tale, a scene of mystery, a startling revelation, and where shall I look for an obliging magician to gratify me?” / “Here!””
7. "I am not afraid of Storms, for I am learning how to sail my Ship."
8. “I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.”
9. “I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.”
10. “I do not ask for any crown
But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Except the one within.
Be Thou my guide until I find
Led by a tender hand,
The happy kingdom in myself
And dare to take command.”
11. “I intend to illuminate the Ledger with a blood & thunder tale as they are easy to “compoze” & are better paid than moral & elaborate works of Shakespeare so don’t be shocked it I send you a paper containing a picture of Indians, pirates, wolves, bears & distressed damsels in a grand tableau over a title like this “The Manic Bride” or “The Bath of Blood A Thrilling Tale of Passion.””
12. “I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.”
13. “It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”
14. ”It takes two flints to make a fire.”
15. ”It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.”
16. "Let us hear no more of 'woman's sphere' from the State House or pulpit - no more twaddle about sturdy oaks and clinging vines. Let woman find out her own limitations, but in heaven's name, give her a chance! Let the professions be opened to her. Let fifty years of college education be hers. And then we shall see what she can do!"
17. “Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!”
18. "Love is a great beautifier."
19. “Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
20. “Many argue; not many converse.”
21. “Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.”
22. “My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.”
23. “Now I am beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.”
24. “People don't have fortunes left them … nowadays; men have to work, and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world….”
25. “Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.”
26. “"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”
