"Neither love me forThine own dear pity's..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.”

“And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are rough, Between our faces, to cast light on each? - I dropt it at thy feet. I cannot teach My hand to hold my spirits so far off From myself--me--that I should bring thee proof In words, of love hid in me out of reach. Nay, let the silence of my womanhood Commend my woman-love to thy belief, - Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed, And rend the garment of my life, in brief, By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief.”

“A good neighbor sometimes cuts your morning up to mince-meat of the very smallest talk, then helps to sugar her bohea at night with your reputation.”

“The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.”

“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”

“And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.”

“That he would love her no matter what she told him, and that he was the kind of man who loved her already and would love her forever.”

“In all my life, I'd never been as sure of anything, and as much as I hoped to one day hear Savannah say these words to me, what mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.”

“The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance, Co-operation which needs consideration is as a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind.”