There is a difference between a private devotional life and a corporate one. Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa.

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

We who have been true readers all our life fully realize the enormous of our being which we owe to authors.

The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus.

All these toys were never intended to possess my heart. My true good is in another world, and my only real treasure is Christ.

The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.

I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But to speak of the craft itself, I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer. 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.