Quote by: Helen Hunt Jackson

Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,--it seemed the whole world, so limitless it stretched away at her feet,--feeling that infinite unspeakable sense of nearness to Heaven, remoteness from earth which comes only on mountain heights, she drew in a long breath of delight, and cried: "At last! at last, Alessandro! Here we are safe! This is freedom! This is joy!


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Author Bio


  • NameHelen Hunt Jackson
  • DescriptionNovelist
  • BornOctober 15, 1830
  • DiedAugust 12, 1885
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Author; Novelist