some privileged beings can pass their lives in admiring it, and in finding, ceaselessly, the varying phenomena that enchant them
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
Love is like the ocean: seen superficially, or in haste, it is called monotonous by common souls, whereas
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
They played together, like children, with nothings, nothings that brought them ever back to their love, ceasing their play only to fall into a revery of the "far niente
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
"Oh, my Ginevra! for now you are mine, here is our true wedding. Here," he added, "all things will smile upon us."
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
Ginevra comprehended that true love could despise all vulgar protestations at such a moment.
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
Ginevra would have made a noble woman had her mother been capable of guiding her studies, of enlightening her mind, and bringing into harmony her gifts of nature;
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
Like all great souls, she found her luxury in strength of feeling,
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
Adversity is the touchstone of character.
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
In the comfort that women give there is always a delicacy which has something maternal, foreseeing, and complete about it
Giovanna Cerahas quoted8 years ago
she was much the prettiest, the most modest, and, apparently, the least rich among them.