How different a loved and familiar spot appears, when viewed with the eye of probable guests.

November at its best - with a sort of delightful menace in the air.

I love old moons. There is something humanized about them; they are dulled a little, and rich in color. One can stare all night at an old moon.

Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable.

a sarcastic expression, on a beast, is far more sinister than rage.

Fingers get habits - have memories of their own.

A farm is like a very large and extended baby. It takes a great deal of time and very little mentality.

What a strange joy it was to talk, to fish gleefully into the past and fling its fragments about us, with the unfailing aroma of pleasantness that pasts always seem to possess!

the breeze brought us a faint sound, as of a distant rat, a huge and mystic rat, gnawing, maybe, at the horizon!

timeliness is an enemy to art.

You are the child of this universe. For you, she was waiting billions of years.

When we cannot get what we love we must love what is within our reach.

I don't think I am particularly funny. In fact, I know I'm not.

Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study.

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

A great model for this is the way that Dante calls on Virgil at the beginning of 'The Inferno,' 'The Divine Comedy,' to help guide him through the underworld.

To me I've just really, really found a relaxed, peaceful side of my life and I'm enjoying it.

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.

I think Hillary Clinton deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee.