All Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
- What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes. Amazing Love
- How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital. Comfort
- My sun sets to raise again. Inspirational
- Since when was genius found respectable? Found
- First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and… Clean
- The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one,… Add
- If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only. Except
- Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. Afire
- Who so loves believes the impossible. Believe
- Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They… Alive
- God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. Best
- You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long. Anniversary
- At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. Composition
- Light tomorrow with today! Bad Day
- And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can. Drawn
- I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. Breadth
- God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in… Answers
- What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? Creativity
- How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Count
- An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all. Aim