Jane Grey Swisshelm

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    I cannot tell what I am as much afraid of, as a woman who invariably washes on Monday. It is a kind of key to character; and if her mouth is not puckered and her brow wrinkled, they will be, unless she repents.
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    You are evil. But even the power of evil cannot stand against the power of faith and goodness.
    Griffin Jay, and Randall Faye. Lew Landers. Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort)

    I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading:
    It vexes me to choose another guide:
    Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding;
    Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side.
    Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

    It is an old adage, “All is fair in love as in war,” but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)