George Sand

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted read more

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the read more

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.