

“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.”
― Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year
― Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year
“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre

“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre

“Everything today has been heavy and brown. Bring me a Unicorn to ride about the town.”
― Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
― Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

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