“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.”

“I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion--I have shuddered at it,I shudder no more.I could be martyred for my religion.Love is my religionand I could die for that.I could...”

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”

“Scenery is fine -but human nature is finer”

“If I am destined to be happy with you herehow short is the longest LifeI wish to believe in immortalityI wish to live with you for ever.”

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”

“First smile!! An unseasonal little shower of rain fell here, and a lot of butterflies drowned, so we put them in the sun and they came back to life, and flew up and then Agaat SMILED!”

“When the spirit of nature touches us, our hearts turn into a butterfly!”

“She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother ha...”

“Days that lift us like a wave, when you feel you could live forever.”

“Sometimes you just have those days where everything goes wrong. But sometimes, and totally unexpectedly, something can go right.”

“The best days in the life of any person are the days of joy”