Grants Quote by Neil Gaiman

True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily; False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

— Michael Ondaatje

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues…

— Akhenaton

Courageous, unconcerned, scornful, coercive - so wisdom wisheth us; she is a woman, and ever loveth only a warrior.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Without any display of doing more than the rest, or any fear of doing too much, he was always true to her interests and…

— Jane Austen

“The intensity of her religious disposition, the coercion it exercised over her life, was but one aspect of a nature altogether ardent, theoretic, and…

— George Eliot

“All of us - all who knew her - felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we…

— Toni Morrison

“she had to fight for qualities that had not been even in her vocabulary. Patience. Self-discipline. Self-control. Self-abnegation. Chastity. Adaptability to others - this…

— Doris Lessing

It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and…

— Jane Austen

“She wanted everyone kind and affectionate, not passionate and tormenting – everything open, no maggoty secrets and silences, and no arguments with other, darker…

— Margaret Mahy

“She could actively, viciously, if necessary, follow her heart, and in doing so, affect the hearts of others.”

— Molly Prentiss

A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson