335 Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Always practical and to the point!” said St. Clare, his face breaking out into a smile. “You never leave me any time for general reflections, Cousin; you always bring me short up against the actual present; you have a kind of eternal now, always in your mind.” “Now is all the time I have anything to do with,” said Miss Ophelia.

Lor, if the devil don’t get them, what’s he good for?

Let my soul calm itself, O Christ, in Thee. This is true.

It’s a free country, sir; the man’s mine, and I do.

It’s a free country, sir; the man’s mine, and I do what I please with him, – that’s it!

One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people’s alone.

Ah, brave, manly heart, – smothering thine own sorrow, to comfort thy beloved ones!

Somewhat mollified by certain cups of very good coffee, he came out smiling and talking, in tolerably restored humor.

Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.