And how do you know that these fine begonias are not of equal importance?

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!

You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.

A man in love is a sorry spectacle.

Miss Howard: Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at once.

... one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John

Let there be no love poems writtenUntil love can exist freely andCleanly.

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.

The realization that you can't predict the future -- and mold it -- could only come as a shock to an academic.

The more you try to be like someone else, the more you find yourself standing in the way.

Men are perfectly willing to abandon a woman but they refuse to be abandoned by her.

God knows everything. So why not run to him and tell him all the things that he already knows?

Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.