It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The truth is, fancy destroys feeling. The quick eye to the ridiculous turns every thing to the absurd side;… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
All that we might have been, all that we werefire, tears, wit, taste, martyred ambition stirs like the memory of refused adultery the drained and flagging bosom of our middle years. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
