Well, I am chiefly interested in the renomination, so don't get disconsolate over that. If we lost the election I shall feel that ...the party is rejected, whereas if I fail to secure the renomination it will be a personal defeat.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant assoc...iations. By and by, as the days and weeks go on, first he misses this, then that, then the other thing. And when he casts about for it he finds that it was in that house. Always it is an essential--there was but one of its kind. It cannot be replaced. It was in that house. It is irrevocably lost.... It will be years before the tale of lost essentials is complete, and not till then can he truly know the magnitude of his disaster.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rosalind. I will be your Rosalind in a more coming-on disposition; and ask me what you will, I will grant it.... Orlando. Then love me, Rosalind. Rosalind. Yes, faith, will I, Fridays and Saturdays and all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are told it will be of no use for us to ask this measure of justice--that the ballot be given to the women of our new possessio...ns upon the same terms as to the men--because we shall not get it. It is not our business whether we are going to get it; our business is to make the demand.... Ask for the whole loaf and take what you can get.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We cannot set aside an hour for discussion with our children and hope that it will be a time of deep encounter. The special moment...s of intimacy are more likely to happen while baking a cake together, or playing hide and seek, or just sitting in the waiting room of the orthodontist.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make str...aight your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. It will be a healing for your flesh and a refreshment for your body.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for ...the measure you give will be the measure you get back.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I long to hear that you have declared an independancy [sic]--and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be nec...essary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Laidies [sic] we are determined to foment a Rebelion [sic], and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It will be the mistake of your life if you go into print in your own defence [sic]. Your denial will reach a new set of people and... start them to talking, while the ones who read the original charges will never see the refutation of them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Misanthropes have some admirable if paradoxical virtues. It is no exaggeration to say that we are among the nicest people you are ...likely to meet. Because good manners build sturdy walls, our distaste for intimacy makes us exceedingly cordial "ships that pass in the night." As long as you remain a stranger we will be your friend forever.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »