Ellen

“God doth not need either man's work or his own gifts, who best bear his milde yoak, they serve his best, his State is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed and post o're Land and Ocean without rest: they also serve who only stand and waite.”
― John Milton

“I will not bandage all your Wounds I will not kiss all your Bruises I will not admire all your Scars Instead I will watch you As you bandage yourself And mend all your bruises And wear your own scars Because you are your own Hero And all your sadness is Yours And I will love you Because of it All”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected.
"I'm not afraid of that. And tears can be happy as well as sad. My very happiest moments have been when I had tears in my eyes—when Marilla told me I might stay at Green Gables—when Matthew gave me the first pretty dress I ever had—when I heard that you were going to recover from the fever. So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams

“Often I wonder what it may take for someone’s heart to grow cold and I think perhaps the reason is because their heart was left out in the rain. And so on rainy days I struggle because I still don’t know how to convince you that I will be outside in the storm with an umbrella just big enough to cover your heart.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts