not all clever words are true. ... And inversely most things that are true are not clever.
Bess Streeter AldrichMrs. Schneiderman's theory of life was that earth held no sorrow that food could not heal.
Bess Streeter AldrichJunior was eleven. The statement is significant. There are a few peevish people in the world who believe that all eleven-year-old boys ought to be hung. Others, less irritable, think that gently chloroforming them would seem more humane. A great many good-natured folks contend that incarceration for a couple of years would prove the best way to dispose of them.
Bess Streeter Aldrich