“Nothing could be more heart rending than this mute and motionless dispair” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
Could you have seen that mother clinging to her child, when they fastened the irons upon his wrists; could you have heard… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Pasture, stone wall, and steeple, What most perturbs the mind: The heart-rending homely people, Or the horrible beautiful kind?” — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
