Elizabeth Barrett Browning

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

Who so loves believes the impossible.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.

If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.

Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?

He lives most life whoever breathes most air.

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.