Quotes About Legacy

Do you think some places just hold on to evil? That you can't paint or wash it away? It lives on, no matter what you build on top

See, that's your generation all over—you muck up everything and then expect us to fix your messes

There's only one way I can explain it: She had bequeathed me her love of words. She was a librarian.

That clan always had deep pockets and shorrrt arrrms.

An object that has been owned and cherished by other human beings for centuries develops a personality of its own that reaches out to you. It's like an old friend. Do

Hale was among the first in a very long line of women who stepped far beyond the home but had phenomenal success in telling other women that the home was where they belonged.

Twinkle Twinkle little star. You are nothing. You've been dead for a thousand years.

I did not want to be recognized as "Anne Sexton's daughter," and I was running from that label as hard as I could.

Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.

Can we love what will swallow us when we are gone? I do.

No matter what the future holds even if, God forbid, Conner dies in his prime, or leaves me, or whatever else that fates might throw at us it would be worth it because once you've loved someone the way I love Conner, once someone loved you the he loves me, once you've loved and been loved that way nothing and no one can ever take it away. Whether it last 5 minutes or 50 years that love becomes a permanent part of you.

Picture of the Author LINDA LAEL MILLER has written more than twenty novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Princess Annie, The Legacy, Yankee Wife, and Daniel's Bride . With almost six million copies of her books in print, she is considered to be among the finest romance authors writing today. Ms. Miller resides in the Seattle area, where she is at work on her third time-travel romance, My Outlaw .

Her name was Cassiana Clara.

What a useless life I had led. Often enough in hours of normal health I had debated the value of writing books. What did one accomplish by writing, what influence did one exert, what improvements did one effect?

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today. —MARGARET MEAD

The past has a will of its own. It wants to be heard.

The very mudsills of society. We call them slaves. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere, it is eternal.

You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we got to this point.

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

Investing one cent more in oil, coal and gas is investing in the death of society, and the in the death of our children.

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.