when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.

No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did.

The great thing with unhappy times is to take them bit by bit, hour by hour, like an illness. It is seldom the present, the exact present, that is unbearable.

How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!