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“Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Sarah L. (Sadie) Delany”
― Amy Hill Hearth, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”
― Abigail Adams