Lenient-“That poor soul who has wrought all this misery is the saddest case of all. Just think what will be his joy when he, too, is destroyed in his worser part that his better part may have spiritual immortality. You must be pitiful to him, too, though it may not hold your hands form his destruction.” (314)
Perseverance -“I promise you, my dear friend, that if God will let me live, I shall strive to do so.” (297)
Brave – “There may be solemn duty; and if it come we must not shrink from it…. I shall be prepared.” (186)
Mother spirit - “I felt an infinite pity for him, and opened my arms unthinkingly.” (236)
Loving – “I want you to see now, and with the eyes of a very happy wife, whither duty has led me; so that in your own married life you too may be all happy as I am.” (115)
Romantic – “It is of Jonathan, and must be next my heart, for he is in my heart.” (109)
Devoted – “I was the happiest woman in all the wide world, and that I had nothing to give him except myself, my life, and my trust, and that with these went my love and duty for all the days of my life.” (115)
“I loved him and honoured him more than I can say, and that my latest and truest thought will be always for him.” (364)
Intelligent-“She has man’s brain—a brain that a man should have were he much gifted—and a woman’s heart.” (241)
Sensitive – “Some sort of shadowy pall seems to be coming over our happiness.”(106)
New woman – “I think that some day the bishops must get together and see about breeding up a new class of curates, who don’t take supper, no matter how thy may be pressed to, and who will know when girls are tired.” (99)
“But I suppose the New Woman won’t condescend in future to accept; she will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too!” (100)
Good friend-“I should never forgive myself if any act of mine, were it even a negative one, brought harm on poor dear Lucy.”(187)