Quotes from Caroline Norton

God made all pleasures innocent.

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balm— Not lost but gone before.

Oh, there at last, life's trials past, / We'll meet our loved ones more, / Whose feet have trod the path to God, -- / Not lost, but gone before.

Perhaps there will come a time when...an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.

Old Time, who changes all below, To wean men gently for the grave.

We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.

A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.

Until I truly loved, I was alone.

We have been friends together in sunshine and in shade.