In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.

music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of every other consideration outside his own immediate necessities or desires.

Odd's fish, m'dear! The man can't even tie his own cravat!

Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.

A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.

Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands. They accepted one another's sacrifice. Hers, mayhap, was the more complete of the two, because for her his absence would mean weary waiting, the dull heartache so terrible to bear.

Your mock saint who stands in a niche is not a woman if she have not suffered, still less a woman if she have not sinned. Fall at the feet of your idol as you wish, but drag her down to your level after that -- the only level she should ever reach, that of your heart.