History Quote by Edith Wharton

“At times she's so basic, at others so wise it frightens me that I got so far in this world without the benefit of…

— Diane Keaton

“She found a deep sense of fitness in the fact that here, among people, they should be strangers; strangers and enemies. She thought, these…

— Ayn Rand

“She couldn't see the mathematical beauty in a leaf, the miracle in a seed that becomes a seedling, the absolute wonder that is the…

— Jan Strnad

“She has a fund of good sense and observation which, as a companion, makes her infinitely superior to thousands of those who having only…

— Jane Austen

“Her mind was like a spring-tide in full flood; rich, shining, vigorous, and capable of infinite variety.”

— Vera Brittain

“To him, she was like a flower that bloomed in the snow. Thriving under conditions in which nothing could grow. To some, she was…

— A.Y. Greyson

“She was a lovely woman, fitted both by nature and education to be an ornament to society and her family.”

— Rebecca Shannonhouse

“As I ate she began the first of what we later called “my lessons in living.” She said that I must always be intolerant…

— Maya Angelou

“A virtuous mother sows and sows seeds of greatness with great life in mind.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

“I felt there was a lot I needed to teach her. I wanted to give her an early grounding in the basics of arithmetic…

— Jeannette Walls

“She more than likely came from good enough people. Poor, honest, hard-working folks that never got ahead but did all right as long as…

— Steve Earle

“She raised herself up on an elbow, stroked my forehead & said in a hushed half-whisper, 'You will be famous.' "The seed was planted.…

— F.R. Tallis