kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

Money was the manure of politics.