My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
Mary Todd LincolnOthers live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'
Mary Todd LincolnTell me, how can I live without my Husband any longer? This is my first awakening thought each morning, and as I watch the waves of the turbulent lake under our windows I sometimes feel I should like to go under them.
Mary Todd LincolnIn grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.
Mary Todd LincolnHe (Abraham Lincoln) said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour. He was saying there was no city he so much desired to see as Jerusalem. And with the words half spoken on his tongue, the bullet of the assassin entered the brain, and the soul of the great and good President was carried by the angels to the New Jerusalem above.
Mary Todd Lincoln