14-10-09 THE month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered. There was no putting off the day that advanced- the bridal day; and all preparations for its arrival were complete. I, at least, had nothing more to do: there were my trunks...

14-10-09 AS I rose and dressed, I thought over what had happened, and wondered if it were a dream. I could not be certain of the reality till I had seen Mr. Rochester again, and heard him renew his words of love and promise. While arranging my hair, I looked...

14-10-08 Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace, and when she asked her mother if she would...

14-09-16 Dear Susan: Sweetie of my heart. I've been so desolate ever since I broke off our engagement. Simply devastated. Won't you please consider coming back to me? You hold a place in my heart no other woman can fill. I can never meet another woman quite...

14-08-28 You complete me. 你使我完整。 Tom Cruise had all the women in the world go aawww when he said these words to a demure Renee Zellweger. Though clichd, You complete me is the most wholesome and lovable thing you can tell your woman. It will melt her a...

14-08-27 Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute and show appreciation to the person called MOM though some may not say it openly to their mother. There's no substitute for her. Cherish every single moment. Though at times she may not be the bes...

14-08-19 Although I had never met him, I knew that my grandfather had been five feet, six inches tall, while my stately grandmother stood five feet, eleven inches . As a teen-ager leafing through（迅速翻阅） old photographs with grandma, I finally realized h...

14-08-18 However mean your life is, meet it and live it, do not shun（避免） it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may...

14-07-31 The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation（谴责，定罪） , but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion t...

14-07-24 Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life's goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never outweighed. For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more...