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“Adam Smith, who suggested that the “horror of povertyâ€� lay not in hunger but in “obscurity.â€� Poor people suffer the indignity of being ignored. “To be wholly overlooked, and to know it, are intolerable.â€� And if poor people cannot look to themselves, then they must look up to another person, whom they consider a hero. Their identification with heroes provided meaning in life. In a complicated set of discourses, John argued that all men, from the highest to the lowest ranks, depend upon titles to give meaning to their existence.”
― Edith B. Gelles, Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage

“Abigail Smith Adams and John Adams were unique individuals. They loved each other; they enjoyed each other’s company; they relied upon each other even when apart; they trusted each other and were loyal. When asked at the end of their lives what had been the hardest experience of their long years, both separately replied that it was living apart for so many years. For people who believed in sacrifice as a way of life, theirs was the ultimate performance of duty as mandated by their Puritan past.”
― Edith B. Gelles, Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage