I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen. - Louisa May Alcott

Neither should it be for a woman: for we’ve got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved.

…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.

a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, is n't worthy of the name.