They are the most painful tears in the world ... the tears of the aged ... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

not all clever words are true. ... And inversely most things that are true are not clever.

It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us.

They are the most painful tears in the world ... the tears of the aged ... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.

Sometime in their lives, everybody wanted to go home.

Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, achieve them; but others seem by necessity to have dates thrust upon them.