Christina Rossetti

"We must be faithful even unto death."

"These lovely flowers will wither and will die."

"In the name of all my many ancestors."

"What is gold to thee and precious jewels to me."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind and still retain the ability to function."

"I am my mother's heirloom."

"Time is the most precious gift we possess."

"There is no redemption where there is no truth."

"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

"Every principle contains within itself the germ of its own negation."

"Praise is sweet but blame hurts."

"We have sown, let us reap."

"Sorrow fully seasoned and matured becomes a kind of joy."

"There cannot be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full."

"All things pass, all things return."

"Life grows smaller but more precious."

"Love wills what is good."

"Genuine love is a rare and beautiful thing."

"The struggle is often long but the victory is sure."

"Spring gathers what winter scattered."

"I do not believe in the eternity of the present, only of the past and future."

"Blessed are the peacemakers."

"In this life we shall not see all our longings fulfilled."

"Art makes life, makes interest, makes importance."

"We are our own devils, we drive ourselves out of our earthly paradise."

"If we will not dream, we shall certainly dream what the world dreams of us."

"There is always some madness in love but there is also always some reason in madness."

"Death never takes the young by surprise."

"A book is a dream you can hold in your hand."

"Let love be your greatest gift."