Christina Rossetti

"The strongest hearts have the deepest sorrows."

"In the level of true wisdom is contentment."

"All our sweetest hopes and aspirations come to us as free gifts."

"Love is a great beautifier."

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."

"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings."

"But give me back my heart again, and take my kisses for repayment."

"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy."

"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."

"There is no hope for the wicked, there is hope for the righteous."

"Dream after dream ensues, and still they dream that they shall still succeed."

"If progress is a law of nature, the evolution of a high type of manhood and womanhood ought to be the main aim and purpose of all educational effort."

"Golden lads and girls all must come to dust."

"Nature teaches us to do our own part and to trust in Providence."

"I desired the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine."

"The hope I dreamed of was a dream."

"Oh roses for the flush of youth, and laurel for the perfect prime."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"Labour is the law of life."

"Grieve not the truth from love withheld."

"A shadow flits before me, not thou, but like to thee."

"Not in the crested pride of him that wore a crown."

"Grant me the strength to bear what lies before me."

"When I am dead, my dearest, sing no sad songs for me."

"Flowers preach to us if we will hear."

"The world changes, we change with it."

"One foot on sea and one on shore, to one thing constant never."

"Maude Clare I would that you were his wife."

"Dead in the cold, yet living in the thought of those who loved us."

"Goblin Market is a celebration of love and female friendship."