The shorter and the plainer the better.

I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.

Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

The shorter and the plainer the better.