The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to her than the day, with whom her life is so entwined that the wrench of parting leaves a torn void never entirely healed or filled.
Charlotte Mary YongeThat the women of the Old Testament were dressed with oriental richness there is no doubt, nor are they censured for so arraying themselves.
Charlotte Mary YongeRefinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman; but he is not such a hateful, unsexed creature without it as a woman is.
Charlotte Mary Yonge