And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.

I can but die... and I believe in God. Let me try and wait His will in silence.

Her coming was my hope each day, Her parting was my pain; The chance that did her steps delay Was ice in every vein.

It is always the way of events in this life,...no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired.

I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me than myself?