Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.
Every one regards his duty as a troublesome master from whom he would like to be free.
a church is an interesting place once you get the parson and the people out of it. Real music can get in then, and a real God! Nothing flibertigibbet about religion then.
She never sat down in a car but stood, braced tense, facing the wind. Now and again she would turn her face toward me with an apologetic expression as though to say: "I have not forgotten that you are here but there are certain pleasures I cannot share with you. " Her nose never ceased its sensitive quivering.
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
My Scottie refused to go for a walk with a friend of the house, but she would joyously accompany any stranger who drove a car.
I know I'm not perfect.
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.
it isn't mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.