Stowe Quotes

“To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed: 'Live, laugh, love; be nothing but happy; experience everything; et cetera, et cetera.' How monotonous, how useless this becomes. What about the honors of women who would truly fight for something other than just their own emotions?”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die, and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us. There is a most busy and important round of eating, drinking, dressing, walking, visiting, buying, selling, talking, reading, and all that makes up what is commonly called living, yet to be gone through…”
― Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

“O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for not being martyrs and confessors. One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs.
-Augustine St. Clare”
― Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

“New England is a dream handspun by good vibes.”
― Lakshya Bharadwaj