“What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which is worse, this habit, or keeping one's self so absorbed intellectually as to forget the sufferings and cares of others, to lose sympathy through having too much to think about?” ThinkingSelfCareSufferingInterestLosesForgetToo MuchHabitAnd LoveCuriosityNeighborGossipIdleWhat Is The Meaning Author:Lucy Larcom
“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
“A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest.” IfsFriendshipLosesImpossibleMysteryChiefsBelovedFathomZest Book:The Unseen Friend Source: The Unseen Friend
“Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely.” ThinkingGirlLosesSimpleTraitsCharmingEarnestHeartedExchangingGirlhood Book:A New England girlhood Source: A New England girlhood
