6 Quotes & Sayings By Rebecca Harding Davis

Rebecca Harding Davis was a prolific novelist, best known for her slave narrative, "The Long Loneliness". She was born in Baltimore to a wealthy family. After the death of her father, she moved with her mother and brother to Washington, D.C. There she began writing her first novel, The Long Loneliness, which was published in 1859 Read more

In 1863, she married Henry W. Davis, a prominent lawyer from South Carolina. They had one son before divorcing after five years of marriage.

In 1869, she married James D. Harding and moved to New York City. "The Long Loneliness" became a best-seller and was reprinted over 20 times between 1860 and the late 1890s.

Her other works include "The Woman I Left Behind Me", "A Woman's Life", "South Carolina", and "The Power of the Woman's Soul".

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Well, what was it to be a thief? He met the question at last, face to face, wiping the clammy drops of sweat from his forehead. God made this money - the fresh air, too - for his children's use. He never made the difference between poor and rich. Rebecca Harding Davis
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The note is the same, I fancy, be the octave high or low. Rebecca Harding Davis
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Reform is born of need not pity. Rebecca Harding Davis
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The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. Rebecca Harding Davis
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Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. Rebecca Harding Davis