Miranda Atchley > Miranda's Quotes

“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer, and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.”
― Charlotte Bronte

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I like good strong words that mean something…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I am no bird, no net ensnares me.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Don’t you see? Success isn’t just the hand that chops down the tree used to build the home. It’s also the hand that feeds that man, or the smile that sustains him.”
― Amber Stokes, How a Star Falls

“The sun above is warm, the water we're in is cool and I feel truly content. I suspect this must be what heaven feels like.”
― Miranda Atchley, A New Season

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that of your earthly one. The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him, and the less you will depend on human power and wisdom. His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength. Believe this heartily, and go to God with all your little cares, and hopes, and sins, and sorrows, as freely and confidingly as you come to your mother.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Let us be elegant or die!”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Doesn’t it sound so wonderful to call your dreams castles in the sky?”
― Miranda Atchley, A Castle in the Sky

“Lord, what can I say in such a lovely moment as this?” she whispered as the breeze picked up, carrying her words into eternity.”
― Miranda Atchley, A Castle in the Sky

“Lovely lines in stories were like little golden treasures that gave her heart a wonderful thrill.”
― Miranda Atchley, All The Future Holds

“What is the point in dreaming if you aren’t willing to put your faith into it?”
― Miranda Atchley, Of Things To Come

“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“Everyone in the Scillies knew that when Oliver Tremayne took hold of your arm and looked deep into your eyes, he saw right down to your soul.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Nature of a Lady

“Because it's by naming a thing, knowing a thing, that you come to understand it. Only when you see its unique traits can you truly appreciate what it is, and what it isn't.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Nature of a Lady

“How lovely it must be to know your place in the world without ever having to think about it.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Nature of a Lady

“Your true beauty is in your heart, and it will be eternal so long as you entrust that heart fully to the God who grants us peace in our days and holds eternity in His hand.”
― Roseanna M. White, Shadowed Loyalty