“[A]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first to the sacred garments and monastic profession before thou gavest thyself to God. And for that in this one thing thou shouldst… — Héloïse Copy Share Image
The name of mistress instead of wife would be dearer and more honourable for me, only love given freely, rather than the constriction of… — Heloise Copy Share
Frozen peas can be shelled very fast with a wringer-type washer. Put a pan on one side of the wringer to catch the peas… — Heloise Copy Share
Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious! — Heloise Copy Share
I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that… — Heloise Copy Share
“[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue.… — Héloïse Copy Share
What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart… — Heloise Copy Share
Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits. — Heloise Copy Share
“God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself. I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.” — Heloise Copy Share
Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity… — Heloise Copy Share
Tea seems to tenderize cheap cuts of beef. After cooking chuck, boiling beef and brisket (I even mixed rib eye, which is ever so… — Heloise Copy Share