American - Novelist | March 29, 1831 - March 10, 1919
But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.
Amelia Barr
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But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?
HeartKnowOwnOurNearest
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
FearSleepManagementPlaceEvents
It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.
WomenMenTearsKnowSmilesLittle
The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.
MeReadyInevitableAlwaysFound
There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.
WomanQuietFar AwaySorrowCorner
When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes.
MenTreatMakeJustLikeThemselves
What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves.
PayBuyOurselvesPart
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