It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.

They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.

I sing about life. I am happy, but life is sad.

It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.

You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave you. You could have an easy life.

He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.

It was something he had always done - moved apart, so he could be alone and think things or a little.

He ought to let the past keep its glow and not try to mix it with what he had in the present.

It's just that it's fearsome for a man to have a woman start thinking right in front of him. It always leads to trouble.

The crimes the law can understand are not the worst crimes.

She had a beautiful face, a beautiful body, but also a distance in her such as he had never met a woman.

A loving heart blooms like a flower that attracts all the beauty and light of life.

When infused with compassion, even the most useless snake oils have the power to heal broken hearts and shattered souls.

why be bothered with other people's set-ups? it only leads to torture.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

What a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight.

You always have God's undivided attention.

Sunrise What is the name of the deep breath I would take over and over for all of us? Call it whatever you want, it is happiness, it is another one of the ways to enter fire.

His forehead was covered by wrinkles brought on by a lot of sun and too much frowning.

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris ? It's not known, it's never been tried.