...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.

Work is always my salvation and I will celebrate it.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.