To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings.

When they have opened you up like a ripe fruit they devour your juices and then spit you out like the seed.

We are all blessed, but there are people who have special favor and grace with God

Go where people sleep and see if they are safe

Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant.

Age is not enviable in America. It's not applauded all that strongly. You have to take it all with a grain of salt.

My husband and I have a deal, which has worked out well: He cooks one Sunday, I cook the next. The kids set the table, and we eat in the dining room together, just as I used to do as a kid.

We see through others only when we see through ourselves.

Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.

It's hard for people to see you one way, but you're really the other way, so it's kind of like, 'Who am I, who are you?' Sometimes, I confuse even myself.

You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]