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“By the shore at night the vague tumultuous sphere, swayed by an influence mightier than itself, gave voice, which drew my soul to utter speech for speech.”
― Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons
“The country is crazy with barrenness, and the sea mocks it with its terrible beauty.”
― Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons
“The desolation of winter sustains our frail hopes. Nature is kindest then; she does not taunt us with fruition. It is the luxury of summer which tantalizes—her long, brilliant, blossoming days, her dewy, radiant nights.”
― Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons
“I know now there should have been no higher beatitude than to live in the presence of an unselfish, unasking, vital love.”
― Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons

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