Christina Rossetti

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. ”

Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine. ”

I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on. ”

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. ”

Obedience is the fruit of faith. ”

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. ”

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands. ”