Amelia Barr Quotes

Amelia Barr was an English-American novelist who wrote historical fiction. Her works often depicted life in early America and explored themes of women's independence and social change. Barr's novels, including "Remember the Alamo" and "A Border Shepherdess," have contributed to the literary landscape of the 19th century.

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.

But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.

Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our ow... -Amelia Barr

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?

What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves.... -Amelia Barr

What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome... -Amelia Barr

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

It is little men know of women; their smiles and t... -Amelia Barr

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.

The great difference between voyages rests not wit... -Amelia Barr

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for... -Amelia Barr

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.

Old age is the verdict of life.... -Amelia Barr

Old age is the verdict of life.

All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.

The inevitable has always found me ready and hopef... -Amelia Barr

The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in jo... -Amelia Barr

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

With renunciation life begins.... -Amelia Barr

With renunciation life begins.

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelou... -Amelia Barr

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

The fate of love is that it always seems too littl... -Amelia Barr

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

When men make themselves into brutes it is just to... -Amelia Barr

When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes.

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