“Talent develops in solitude, character develops in the stream of life.”

“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.”

“I thought, perhaps you might have had something to say, but I see we are nothing to each other. If you're quite convinced that any foolish passion on my part is entirely over, I will wish you good afternoon.' 'What can he mean?' thought Margaret -- 'what could he mean by speaking so, as if I were always thinking that he cared for me, when I know he does not; he cannot. ... But I won't care for him. I surely am mistress enough of myself to control this wild, strange, miserable feeling, which tempted me even to betray my own dear Frederick, so that I might but regain his good opinion -- the good opinion of a man who takes such pains to tell me that I am nothing to him. Come! poor little heart! be cheery and brave. We'll be a great deal to one another, if we are thrown off and left desolate.”

“If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)”

“I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, the're always flaring up and caving in and going out.But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments.Gods come, and Gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade.Worlds don't last, and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust.But I can pretend.”

“Balder the beautiful/is dead, is dead!”

“Unsere Träume, Unsere Sehnsüchte, und bunten Hoffnungen wollen ernst und wichtig genommen werden.Wer sie verdrängt, unterdrückt das Beste in sich und wird ein leerer Mensch.”