No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist.
But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.
How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?
But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.
. . . nature indifferently copied is far superior to the best idealities.
There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests of Labrador; and the unexpected bunting or sylvia which perchance, and indeed as if by chance alone, you now and then see flying before you, or hear singing from the ground creeping plant.
I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine
The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.
It's not as if I'm trying to write crossword puzzles to which one might find an answer at the back of the book or anything like that.
There's always been an ongoing struggle between commerce and art.
Different styles work for different guys. . . If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.