Harriet Beecher Stowe
... Herriot Beecher Stowe: "Little things have great power over me, and if I meet with the least thing that crosses my feelings, I am often rendered unhappy for days and weeks. ... " Herriot Beecher Stowe: "One day sister Catherine pounced down upon me, and said that I must not waste my time writing poetry, but discipline my mind by the study of Butlers Analogy. ... Herriot Beecher Stowe: "I admire to cultivate a taste for painting, and I wish to improve it; it was what my dear mother admired and loved, and I cherish it for her sake. ... Herriot Beecher Stowe, compelled by her sister to sew in her spare time: "Women have no idea how much vitality runs off from the ends of their fingers when they should be resting. ... Harriet Beecher Stowe: "Her absent-mindedness grew upon her with increasing years.