Maria Mitchell - Alone Quotes

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I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

Maria Mitchell

Why can not a man act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be?

Maria Mitchell

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

Maria Mitchell