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“But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.”
― Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl

“...I do not want art for a few; any more than education for a few; or freedom for a few... ”
― William Morris

“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”
― William Morris

“With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on.”
― William Morris, The Well At The World's End: Volume I

“Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Now let us go, love, down the winding stair,
With fingers intertwined...”
― William Morris, The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

“Is this thing safe?"
"Safe as life," Gansey replied.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“It wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“Life, my brethren, is like plum-cake. In some the plums are all on the top, and we eat them gayly, till we suddenly find they are gone. In others the plums sink to the bottom, and we look for them in vain as we go on, and often come to them when it is too late to enjoy them. But in the well-made cake, the plums are wisely scattered all through, and every mouthful is a pleasure. We make our own cakes, in a great measure, therefore let us look to it, my brethren, that they are mixed according to the best receipt, baked in a well regulated oven, and gratefully eaten with a temperate appetite.”
― Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl

“That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.”
― Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl

“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
― Dodie Smith (Cassandra Mortmain, I Capture the Castle), I Capture the Castle

“I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Incidentally, I never felt less brisk in my life, because being looked at like that makes a person feel dizzy.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
― Wendy Mass, The Candymakers