Fredrika Bremer

People seek for the spiritual champagne, but they mistake what it is.

— Fredrika Bremer

“If these slaves had only any future, anything to hope for, to strive for, to live for, any prospect before them, then…

— Fredrika Bremer

Who has not experienced how, on near acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of…

— Fredrika Bremer

The humble soul is like the violet, which grows low, hangs the head downward, and hides itself with its own leaves.

— Fredrika Bremer

At a certain depth all bosoms communicate, all hearts are one.

— Fredrika Bremer

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the…

— Fredrika Bremer

These Americans believe that everything is possible.

— Fredrika Bremer

for the first time I tasted this tropical fruit, which people here are so fond of. ... I could have fancied I…

— Fredrika Bremer

I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson…

— Fredrika Bremer

“Long life to Commerce! My soul expands at the sight of its life. What has not commerce done from the beginning of…

— Fredrika Bremer

When the first time of love is over, there comes a something better still. Then comes that other love; that faithful friendship…

— Fredrika Bremer

The human heart is like heaven; the more angels the more room.

— Fredrika Bremer

What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become! Here the Swede would find again his clear, romantic lakes, the plains of…

— Fredrika Bremer

It is quite affecting to observe how much the olive tree is to the country people. Its fruit supplies them with food,…

— Fredrika Bremer

If you will learn the seriousness of life, and its beauty also, live for your husband; make him happy.

— Fredrika Bremer

A fly is a very light burden; but if it were perpetually to return and settle on one's nose, it might weary…

— Fredrika Bremer

North America is not altogether to blame with regard to her Indians. If the Indian had been more susceptible to higher culture,…

— Fredrika Bremer

Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and…

— Fredrika Bremer

Ah! the curse of slavery, as the common phrase goes, has fallen not merely on the black but perhaps at this moment…

— Fredrika Bremer

Serenity of manners is the zenith of beauty.

— Fredrika Bremer

I have never as yet gone a step to see a literary lion; but I would go a considerable way to see…

— Fredrika Bremer