Elizabeth Harrower Quotes

If we lived forever, there would be time to recover from mistakes of twenty years duration. ~ Elizabeth Harrower

So they had all had more troubles than she. Did that really make them superior? If two men were walking along the street and a brick fell on one, missing the other, did that make the injured one a better person? ~ Elizabeth Harrower

I was attracted to the strangeness of his mind as a psychiatrist might have been drawn to an interesting case. he wanted a resident analyst. Neither of us understood. ~ Elizabeth Harrower

Oh, but she wished, she wished that there were someone she could tell.Then, in the middle of this tremendous wish, Alice paused: a great thing was beginning to happen to her. A new thought appeared in her mind, yet Alice recognized it as if it had always been there. The thought said, But I know. I know.
After this she looked the same, and her circumstances didn't alter, but she was a different person altogether. ~ Elizabeth Harrower

I believe that many modern women, my mother included, carry within them a whole secret New England cemetery, wherein they have quietly buried- in neat little rows- the personal dreams they have given up for their families ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel

Women are afraid. It is unpopular to question the bible. They are creatures of tradition. They fear to question their position in the testament, as they feared to advocate suffrage fifty years ago. Now they are quarreling as to which were among the first to advocate it. You see they are not used to abuse as I am. In Albany, fifty years ago, when I went before the legislature to plead for a married woman's right to her own property, the women whom I met in society crossed the street rather than speak to me. ~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton

[Charlotte Bronte] had thought of every maneuver for circumventing those stony obstructions of wives who would not remove themselves. ~ Elizabeth Hardwick

Everyone would like the world always to be in bubble times. But that doesn't happen. ~ Elizabeth Warren

I've been pronounced dead and I've read my own obituaries. And they were the best reviews I ever read. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Gratitude, always. Always, gratitude. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Most of my prayers are expressions of sheer gratitude for the fullness of my contentment. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Brown prefered a book to going on a date. While friends went out and danced 'till dawn, she stayed up, reading late. ~ Sarah Stewart

Words alike make the destiny of empires and of individuals. Ambition, love, hate, interest, vanity, have words for their engines, and need none more powerful. Language is a fifth element - the one by which all the others are swayed. ~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon

We all have our scars, Laura," he said softly. "Some of them are on the outside. Some are on the inside. But we can't change them. All we can do is accept them as part of who we are and go on living. - Caleb McCurdy (hero) ~ Elizabeth Lane

People prefer opinions to truth. They try to bend the world to fit their assumptions, instead of changing their assumptions to fit the world. -Mireya ~ Elizabeth C. Mock

Chef Matt Accarrino has the best pasta in San Francisco, and Shelley Lindgren is one of my favorite sommeliers. Their attention to detail in the service, food, and amazing wines will blow anyone away. ~ Elizabeth Falkner

People will envy you, cut you down, tell lies and despise you, all the while they're watching you.
Let them watch you rise above and succeed. Let go of the negativity and the ill minded. Some people are so blinded. ~ Elizabeth Blade

There I was, waiting, afraid I'd never experience the kind of joy yet to come, but hoping for it just the same. ~ Elizabeth Berg

It's nonverbal: I need love. I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on. And I know it's around me somewhere, but I just can't feel it. ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel

One does not leave so small and beautiful a female creature alone with ten heated men in the middle of the night. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them. ~ Elizabeth George

Doubts, like facts, are stubborn things. ~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon

And then he saw her burning eyes. They gazed at him calmly and he saw in them benediction.
He fell to his knees before her, pressing his face to her purple-velvet-clad-belly. "Séraphine, Séraphine, Séraphine. O most beloved of women, most fiery of saints, never leave me, please. I'll erect columns of white marble to you, build gardens of delight for you, cause ships to sail and warriors to rise for you, if you'll only remain by my side."
She smiled down at him and cupped his cheeks. "Valentine, do you love me?"
Ah, God, it was like a shot to the gut.
He squeezed tight his eyes. To come so close and lose her because of this. "If I were able I would love you as no man has ever loved a woman since the beginning of time."
She knelt then to face him and whispered, "But you are able."
He clutched her. He wouldn't let her go, no, not even when she realized... "Séraphine, my darling, burning one, do you not remember? I told you, so long ago now, that I lacked that part. I cannot-"
"But you can, Valentine." She touched a finger to his cheek and then showed it to him.
He blinked.
Her finger was wet. His eyes were wet.
She smiled at him, his burning Séraphine, and it was as if the night sky were ablaze. "You love me."
"I love you," he said in wonder, and felt his chest fill with warmth. "I love you."
"And I love you," she whispered, her hands cupping his face.
So he kissed her until she was limp and pliable and so very hot ~ Elizabeth Hoyt

Mistakes don't have to be wounds. A mistake can sometimes be the best thing that can happen to a person. ~ Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

Baron, Baroness
Originally, the term baron signified a person who owned land as a direct gift from the monarchy or as a descendant of a baron. Now it is an honorary title. The wife of a baron is a baroness.

Duke, Duchess, Duchy, Dukedom
Originally, a man could become a duke in one of two ways. He could be recognized for owning a lot of land. Or he could be a victorious military commander. Now a man can become a duke simply by being appointed by a monarch. Queen Elizabeth II appointed her husband Philip the Duke of Edinburgh and her son Charles the Duke of Wales. A duchess is the wife or widow of a duke. The territory ruled by a duke is a duchy or a dukedom.

Earl, Earldom
Earl is the oldest title in the English nobility. It originally signified a chieftan or leader of a tribe. Each earl is identified with a certain area called an earldom. Today the monarchy sometimes confers an earldom on a retiring prime minister. For example, former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is the Earl of Stockton.

King
A king is a ruling monarch. He inherits this position and retains it until he abdicates or dies. Formerly, a king was an absolute ruler. Today the role of King of England is largely symbolic. The wife of a king is a queen.

Knight
Originally a knight was a man who performed devoted military service. The title is not hereditary. A king or queen may award a citizen with knighthood. The criterion for the award is devoted ~ Nancy Whitelaw

A smile flickered across Coral's face. "Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweets - raspberry trifle is my own despair - it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?"
"Lord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle."
"No, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think," Coral murmured.
"And," Anna continued as if she hadn't heard the interruption, "I don't need another bite, uh,night of him. ~ Elizabeth Hoyt

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye. ~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon

She lay with her face to the wall, muttering low, but muttering always: Alas! alas! what is done in youth can never be undone in age! what is done in youth can never be undone in age! ~ Elizabeth Gaskell

Shoving the ends at him, I headed for the common. It wasn't far away: a green, tree-lined oasis, brightened with many seasonal varieties of Coca-Can discardus, Crisp-packetus-cheese-and-onionus, and the occasional, fragrant dog turd underfoot. ~ Elizabeth Young

Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in the ass for the rest of your life. ~ Elizabeth Berg

Day of sex with his holiday whore. ~ Elizabeth Reyes

I just love creating an environment where people can open up and say what's on their mind and in their heart. ~ Elizabeth Berkley

If one believed in angels one would feel that they must love us best when we are asleep and cannot hurt each other; and what a mercy it is that once in every twenty-four hours we are too utterly weary to go on being unkind. ~ Elizabeth Von Arnim

Samantha, you interest me. I'd like to take you out. Why are you fighting me? ~ Elizabeth Brown

You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs. ~ Elizabeth Warren

When men start talking about honour, there is sure to be trouble. ~ Elizabeth Peters

Poetry is what you find
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there. ~ Elizabeth Alexander

We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

I smiled, knowing that Elizabeth, even in the worst of her humours, was far better suited to my own disposition. She would scold me, quarrel with me, torment me, tease me and laugh at me as often as may be.
I was the happiest man in the world. ~ Mary Street

Italy is another Pack's territory. You're a guest; make sure that you are a polite one.
God, I hope he told Heather that. ~ Elizabeth Morgan

Keep rechewing. Like a cow. Use all your creative stomachs. ~ Elizabeth M. Lawrence

I have incredible friends. Life is good. ~ Elizabeth Rodriguez