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It is universally admitted that the family from which the subject of this memoir claims descent is one of the greatest antiquity.
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
― The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
― The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
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“The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
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“Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
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