Lucy Larcom Quotes

A drop of water, if it could write out its own his... -Lucy Larcom

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

Lucy Larcom , Poet
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This quote metaphorically illustrates the vastness and interconnectedness of the universe, suggesting that even the smallest element, such as a drop of water, holds the potential for profound and comprehensive knowledge. It implies a sense of wonder and mystery in relation to the depth and complexity of existence.

Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.

Lucy Larcom , Poet
The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manh... -Lucy Larcom

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

To different minds, poetry may present different phases. To me, the reverent faith of the people I lived among, and their faithful everyday living, was poetry; blossoms and trees and blue shies were poetry. God himself was poetry.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which is worse, this habit, or keeping one's self so absorbed intellectually as to forget the sufferings and cares of others, to lose sympathy through having too much to think about?

Lucy Larcom , Poet
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to wa... -Lucy Larcom

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam, and we die reaching out after an ineffable blending of earthly and heavenly beauty which we shall never fully comprehend.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer at some close in-door employment.

Lucy Larcom , Poet
If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbow... -Lucy Larcom

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much as I am, it is well to have some sort of a ventilator from the interior.

Lucy Larcom , Poet

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