People who dwell in God dwell in the eternal now.
Evidently, whatever else marriage might prevent, it was not a remedy for isolation of spirit.
It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.
The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.
And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?
Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.
to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.
The same law that shapes the earth-star shapes the snow-star. As surely as the petals of a flower are fixed, each of these countless snow-stars comes whirling to earth. . . these glorious spangles, the sweeping of heaven's floor.
When women's true history shall have been written, her part in the upbuilding of this nation will astound the world.
Things had a way of working out for the best when you let them run their course.
You cannot have a society of angels except in heaven