One of the hardest conditions of boyhood is the almost continuous strain put upon the powers of invention by the constant and harassing necessity for explanations for every natural act.
Booth TarkingtonMen were just like sheep, and nothing was easier than for women to set up as shepherds and pen them up in a field.
Booth TarkingtonThere are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink
Booth TarkingtonNo doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy, and the rare, sudden gentlenesses of arrogant people have infinitely more effect than the continual gentleness of gentle people. Arrogance turned gentle melts the heart.
Booth Tarkington