Melissa

“what is the good of a man being honest in his worship of dishonesty?”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown

“Of course you do, child," said mother. "Families were made to cling together, and stand by each other in every circumstance of life—joy or sorrow. Of course you need your family.”
― Gene Stratton-Porter, Gene Stratton-Porter’s Collected Works: A Girl Of The Limberlost, Laddie, A Daughter of the Land, Freckles, and More!

“What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough. Come then, returned the nephew gaily. What right have you to be morose? You're rich enough.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

“Let us beware: nothing is so delicate and so sacred as the human soul; nothing is so quickly bruised. Let each one of our words and deeds contain a principle of life that, penetrating other spirits, will communicate light and strength and will reveal God to them.”
― Elisabeth Leseur, Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur