A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

Life is something for which there is no answer

Your world is only as big as your intellectual level.

Those who are equipped will survived. Those who are not will not.

It is not the constant thought of their sins, but the vision of the holiness of God that makes the saints aware of their own sinfulness.

I do a lot of things wrong. I lose my temper, and I hate waiting in line, but do I take drugs? No.

I think it's a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use humor to help one navigate life, and I tend not to be that type of person. I wish I were.

It will sometimes be necessary to use falsehood for the benefit of those who need such a mode of treatment.

When I train against men, I always find that I push myself harder to my absolute maximum.

I am as close to changing my life as my current positive thought

The collisions happen 40 yards down the field, so if you take off from 5 yards or 10, it does not even matter. Do I make sense? I mean, come on.