Happiness-advice Quote by John Angell James

“The wife, where danger or dishonor lurks, safest and seemliest by her husband stays, who guards her, or with her the worst endures.”

— John Milton

“Not so much in obedience, as in surprise and fear: for on the raising of the hand, he became sensible of confused noises in…

— Charles Dickens

“As her psychosis took hold she moved deeper and deeper into the house, putting as much distance as possible between herself and the outside…

— Alastair Reynolds

“She was an old-fashioned woman. She had the calm of frequentation; she belonged to this house and it to her. Though she was a…

— Christina Stead

“Eleven years she had lived in the dark house and its gloomy garden. He was jealous of the very light and air getting to…

— Charles Dickens

“She went and stood at an open window and looked out upon the deep tangle of the garden below. All the mystery and witchery…

— Kate Chopin

“An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was…

— Kate Chopin

“...her melancholy mood had followed her home. It clung to her like perfume, filling the rooms she visited with the scent of loss. Surely…

— Elise K. Ackers

“Tormenting whispers echoed with the beast's penetrating gaze. 'Back and forth, beautiful creature. Back and forth, Wife.' I pondered the meaning and wondered if…

— Renée Carlino

“When she tried to tell Will about it when he got home, hours later, she found that the only way to describe the woman…

— Helen Phifer

“If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behaviour,…

— Harper Lee

“These were the mysteries of men, so baffling to women. Where silences could become a conjoining of paths. Where a handful of inconsequential words…

— Steven Erikson