Theodore Parker

The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.