“Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy
“Recovering from the death of your mother is not about forgetting, it's about feeling entitled to remember.
“Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of
“Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done
“God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages
“I affirm, and would maintain, that true religion consists in proposing, as our great end, a growing likeness to the supreme being