We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so, you'd save an immense deal of time and money and pain. A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.

Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.