"I would not ask you to belie your nature."
"I have weathered the storm of this life and found peace."
Peace
"I am not an angel and I will not pretend to be one."
"My spirit was moved: my heart beat fast."
"I had forgotten the freshness of the May green."
Nature
"I had not known the sweetness of a good conscience."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
Freedom
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Happiness
"I am not an angel, and I will not pretend to be one."
Truth
"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as any."
Strength
"I would rather be a pagan suckled in a creed outworn than accept blindly what others believe."
"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."
Peace
"I would as soon have a mind without a heart as a heart without a mind."
Wisdom
"Feeling as if I had no longer any cause to remain in the house, I prepared to quit it."
Courage
"My pulse stops: my heart stands still; my stretched arm is paralyzed."
Fear
"I would risk the shot to prove I could do better than you."
Courage
"I am no bird; no net can ensnare me: I am a free human being."
Freedom
"My dreams were all dark clouds and tempests."
Dreams
"I felt as if I had been a slave unfairly bound."
Freedom
"Knowledge and independence are the principal objects of my wishes."
Education
"I have found what I wanted—a new servitude!"
Relationships
"I am never afraid of what I know."
Knowledge
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
Freedom
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Happiness
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion."
Truth
"I am not an angel, and I will not pretend to be one."
"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as any.—I have as much heart as any."
Strength
"I would not exchange this one little English heart for all the treasures of Christendom."
Love
"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed."
Wisdom
"There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures."
Happiness