“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.” – Charles Dickens
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” – Jane Austen
“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.” – Charles Dickens
Birthday admiration for some remarkable women of the Pre-Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts period❤️
“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.” – Daniel Defoe
“Courage is not an absence of fear; courage is fear walking.” – Susan David
“I don’t believe I shall ever leave Giverny.” – Monet
“Hear my soul speak: / The very instant that I saw you, did / My heart fly to your service.” – Shakespeare
“I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.” – Ruth Benedict
“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet
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