Caroline Norton Quotes

A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value

God made all pleasures innocent.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.

Until I truly loved, I was alone.

Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.

A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.

Oh, there at last, life's trials past, / We'll meet our loved ones more, / Whose feet have trod the path to God, -- / Not lost, but gone before.

I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights. I have only wrongs.

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?