“My 'must-have' was poetry. From the first, life meant that to me. And, fortunately, poetry is not purchasable material, but an atmosphere in which every life may expand. I found it everywhere about me.” FirstsMayPoetryFoundMaterialsAtmospherePoetry IsLife Means Book:A New England girlhood Source: A New England girlhood
“Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.” FirstsChildrenDoeStillsCharacterGirlLosesOur LivesMoonAppearancePhasesCurvesLuminousCompletenessWomanlyCrescent Author:Lucy Larcom
“From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam, and we die reaching out after an ineffable blending of earthly and heavenly beauty which we shall never fully comprehend.” FirstsLightEyeDiesBabyFingersOpeningReachingHeavenlyReach OutClutchIneffableSunbeams Book:The Unseen Friend Source: The Unseen Friend
“I remember how beautiful the Merrimac looked to me in childhood, the first true river I ever knew; it opened upon my sight and wound its way through my heart like a dream realized; its harebells, its rocks, and its rapids, are far more fixed in my memory than anything about the sea.” WayFirstsHeartDreamBeautifulRememberMemoriesSeaChildhoodRocksMy HeartRiversSightWoundsFixedRapids Author:Lucy Larcom
“We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy.” FirstsTwoMightCourses Book:A New England girlhood Source: A New England girlhood
“The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did not love God. I insisted, almost tearfully, that I did; but I was told that if I did truly love Him I should always be good. I knew I was not that, and the feeling of sudden orphanage came over me like a bewildering cloud.” IfsShouldFirstsRealFeelingsRememberFeltOne DayCloudsBe GoodGod LoveUnhappinessOrphanage Book:A New England girlhood Source: A New England girlhood
