Rooms of the Mind

Margaret Oliphant - A Widow's Tale & Other Stories: "Many love me, but by none am I enough beloved"

Margaret Oliphant - The Curate in Charge: 'To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society''

Margaret Oliphant - At His Gates: 'One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do''

Margaret Oliphant - The Marriage of Elinor: 'It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted''

Margaret Oliphant - The Rector: "Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit"

Margaret Oliphant - The Ways of Life: "It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts"

Margaret Oliphant - The Ladies Lindores: 'To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society''

Hesba Stretton - The Doctor's Dilemma: "Three weeks of it had driven me to the very verge of desperation"