Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Grief may be the price we pay for love."

"Her hair was dark as the darkest night."

"I would rather be a woman than a phantom."

"If you desire to be a great writer, read greatly."

"Just to touch you is enough for me."

"Knowledge of our duty is the foundation of all."

"Life contracts and death expands, or so it seems."

"Men are not in the habit of listening to women."

"Never, never think that any poor soul is beyond redemption."

"Of all the things visible and invisible, love is the greatest."

"Persons loved are dangerous to the peace of the lover."

"Quite for companionship, not conquest, do I seek a friend."

"Rest is not idleness; it is preparation for great work."

"Souls who have suffered understand the weight of silence."

"The only way out is through your fear."

"Utter your words as if they were sacred truths."

"Virtues are formed by prayer and tested by time."

"When we meet, the world stops."

"X marks not the spot but the distance between us."

"You cannot make yourself greater by making others smaller."

"Zest for life comes from curiosity about the unknown."

"Art is the best commentary on human experience."

"Belief in oneself is the first step to achievement."

"Children are the embodiment of hope for tomorrow."

"Despair is the refuge of the unimaginative."

"Education liberates the mind from tyranny."

"Freedom is the condition of the soul."

"Genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains."

"How hollow is praise without understanding."

"Immortality is the goal of those who dare to dream."