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“She was coming. I watched the slight figure grow out of the dusk between the trees, and the darkness in which I had walked of late fell away. The wood that had been so gloomy was a place of sunlight and song; had red roses sprung up around me I had felt no wonder. She came softly and slowly with bent head and hanging arms, not knowing that I was near. I went not to meet her - it was my fancy to have her come to me still - but when she raised her eyes and saw me I fell upon my knees.”
Source : Mary Johnston (1857). “To Have and to Hold”, p.339, Library of Alexandria
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“We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.”
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“I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“Never call a girl fat, even if you're joking.”
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“Perhaps the things that break our hearts are the very things that serve to open them.”
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“All property and all forms of wealth are produced by man's mind and labor.”
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“It's very rewarding if I make a difference to a kid.”
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“The days of waking up and reading the overnight ratings are over.”
