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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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Blood Heart Silence Tears
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Action Bitter Grave Tears
We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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Animal Deal Father Heaven Ourselves Remember
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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Care Greatness Patience Trust Truth
What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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Circle Goodness Greatness Ordinary Quality Soul View
No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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Blame Inspirational Necessary Praise Sunshine Time
If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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Cold Friendship Love Selfish True
It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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Close Cloud Lying See Sweet
A woman’s health is her capital.
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Capital Health Woman
Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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Treat ’em like dogs, and you’ll have dogs’ works and dogs’ actions. Treat ’em like men, and you’ll have men’s works.
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True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love’s sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.
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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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