... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love.

Well, great authors are great people - but I believe that they are best seen at a distance.

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.

Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.

There is no running away from a great grief.

... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love.

No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.