Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.

There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself.

Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.

Before we can be cured we must want to be cured. Those who really wish for help will get it; but for many modern people even the wish is difficult.

And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins

It is very true. But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.