I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

The light died in the low clouds. Falling snow drank in the dusk. Shrouded in silence, the branches wrapped me in their peace. When the boundaries were erased, once again the wonder: that *I* exist.

Maybe we need to reflect on the fact that the patience of God always outruns the impatience of our greed, and that His love always outweighs the greed that outweighs our love for Him.

conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain

But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.

The subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self. It knows how to choose and to divine.

Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing.

There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.

We didn't get where we are thanks to the sissy notion of resilience.

I do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.

I'm not sure that being a man in the fashion industry has any advantage over being a woman. Why would it?