My God - it's a green child!" said the American. "What is this place - the House of Usher?

Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself

He laughed a little, in an odd, nervous kind of way. "Because if I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die--and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

We were restless for ages...After a while I heard an owl hooting and calmed myself by thinking of it flying over the dark fields – and then I remembered it would be pouncing on mice. I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?