MeKency

“I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“Be patient, darling, and try to trust both your heavenly and your earthly father. You know that no trial can come to you without your heavenly Father's will, and that He means this for your good. Look to Him and he will help you to bear it, and send relief in His own good time and way.”
― Martha Finley, Elsie's Girlhood

“Cheer up, my dear," said Rose, leaning affectionately on her husband's arm; "it is altogether addition and not subtraction; you have not lost a daughter but gained a son.”
― Martha Finley, The Complete Elsie Dinsmore Series

“But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park