Your little child is the only true democrat.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEYour little child is the only true democrat.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEAny mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEI make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWELove is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIt is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed – who cannot speak for themselves.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEDogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIf I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEOf course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEO, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEFanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEHalf the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEWitness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEAll men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEI never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWELet us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE