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“Just to love! She did not ask to be loved. It was rapture enough just to sit there beside him in silence, alone in the summer night in the white splendor of moonshine, with the wind blowing down on them out of the pine woods.”
― The Blue Castle
― The Blue Castle
“No one is useless in this world,' retorted the Secretary, 'who lightens the burden of it for any one else.”
― Our Mutual Friend
― Our Mutual Friend
“I had this feeling suddenly. I get this feeling a lot, but I don’t know if there’s one word for it. It’s not nervous or sad or even lonely. It’s all of that, and then a bit more. The feeling is I don’t belong here. I don’t know how I got here, and I don’t know how long I can stay before everyone else realizes that I am an impostor. I am a fraud. I’ve gotten this feeling nearly everywhere I have ever been in my life. There’s nothing you can do about it except drink some water and hope that it subsides. Or you can leave.”
― This Song Will Save Your Life
― This Song Will Save Your Life
“The world is full of nice people. If you can't find one, be one.”
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“And if it's proud to have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts,' Miss Jenny struck in, flushed, 'she is proud. And if it's not, she is NOT.”
― Our Mutual Friend
― Our Mutual Friend
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