| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 9a62d8a | Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March) | meanness mean hurt | Louisa May Alcott | |
| 5e58518 | Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere, you would be in hell--the hell of your own meanness. | poetry meanness genius mediocrity | Charlotte Brontë |