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oh a plague on all the men!

the girlhood of which she has been cheated seemed to come back to her with the ripeness of womenhood

one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doings, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world

a woman with eyes like yours always understands

it’s so beautiful that it hurts me

on a spring day like this, i know exactly what my soul will feel like on the resurrection morning

you know how hard it is for me not to talk

if by company you mean yours i’d much rather have it than be alone

you don’t know how good it is to be sitting here with you again - working - and talking - and being silent together

wasn’t that like a man?

women just dress to please the men, and i’d never stoop to that

i have had a real placid, comfortable life, dearie, and it’s just because i never cared a cent what the men thought

there’s no reason why we should let the men have a monopoly of temper, is there, dearie?

but when Gabriel’s trumpet blows i expect my dog to rise with the rest of us

but every joy must bring with it its little shadow of sorrow

i couldn’t live where there were no trees-something vital in me would starve

tears can be happy as well as sad. my very happiest of moments have been when i’ve had tears in my eyes

their happiness was in each other’s keeping and both were unafraid

hand in hand they stepped over the threshold of their house of dreams