Caroline Norton
Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?Collection: Children
A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.Collection: Suffering
I do not ask for my rights. I have no rights. I have only wrongs.Collection: Rights
Perhaps there will come a time when...an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.Collection: Mother
A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.Collection: Beautiful
Until I truly loved, I was alone.Collection: Love
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.Collection: Nursing
Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?Collection: Children
A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how earnest; in joy, how sparkling; in sympathy, how tender! The man who never tried the companionship of a little child has carelessly passed by one of the great pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its valueCollection: Beautiful
God made all pleasures innocent.Collection: Innocent
Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.Collection: Poet
O Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth, Leaving on craggy hills and running streams A softness like the atmosphere of dreams.Collection: Running
I am listening for the voices Which I heard in days of old.Collection: Voice
Oh, there at last, life's trials past, / We'll meet our loved ones more, / Whose feet have trod the path to God, -- / Not lost, but gone before.Collection: Past
They serve God well, who serve his creatures.Collection: Serving God
Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.Collection: Men