therese fern

“May God grant you always a sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you. –Celtic blessing”
― Louella Bryant, Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic

“We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified…’ to quote Aesop.”
― Elizabeth Johns, Knight and Day

“My father sent me to a missionary school in Quebec where the priests attempted to make me into one of them, but I would not become the servant of a God that permitted enemies to nail him to a tree.”
― James Short, Brides of the Gauntlet

“the feminist Victoria Woodhull, who stated, “A woman’s ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote.” Mollie knew those words were”
― Lynda Drews, The Maid and the Socialite: The Brave Women Behind Green Bay's Scandalous Minahan Trials