But tonight is a gusty, hurrying night . . . even the clouds racing over the sky are in a hurry and the moonlight that gushes out between them is in a hurry to flood the world.

Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you.

But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?

Good night, belovedest. Your sleep will be sweet if there is any influences in the wishes of your own.

…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.

She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.

I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…

Don't be ridiculous, please.'The most insulting words in the world!

We always hate people who surprise our secrets…

Why should one hate you when you were so small? Could you be worth hating?

…hate's got to be a disease with me.

A mind without freedom, a life without liberty, is like a heart without love, a journey without a destination.

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

Wilderness areas are first of all a series of sanctuaries for the primitive arts of wilderness travel, especially canoeing and packing.

I never draw except with brush and paint.

If you read angry political blogs, substitute Obama with my daddy and you'll usually learn a lot about the author.

Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

Water flows from high in the mountains Water runs deep in the Earth Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life.

I can't sleep,I can't but when all else fails I just breath.

In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.

Businesses acting as businesses, not as charitable donors, are the most powerful force for addressing the pressing issues society face(s)