This is not my house; it is the house of Jesus Christ. This door does not demand of him who enters whether he has a name, but whether he has a grief.
fromLes MisérablesbyVictor HugoThe guilty one is not the person who has committed the sin, but the person who has created the shadow.”
fromLes MisérablesbyVictor HugoThere is no charm equal to tenderness of heart… Warmth and tenderness of heart… will beat all the clearness of head in the world, for attraction, I am sure it will.
fromEmmabyJane AustenWe cannot do much, but we can make our little sacrifices and deny ourselves, and be patient, and keep cheerful, and so perhaps help those who suffer more, and make the waiting shorter for the rest, if we keep our hands busy and our hearts light.
fromLittle WomenbyLouisa May AlcottNo one but a woman can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart, and he had no one to comfort him.
fromDraculabyBram StokerYou will not believe in God, who requires but a prayer, a word, a tear, and he will forgive?
fromThe Count of Monte CristobyAlexandre DumasI did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
fromCrime and PunishmentbyFyodor Dostoevsky