Todd Stephens

“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“She looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment