Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

Yes, one gets over things. But there are certain memories one can't bit on.

The effect produced by a short story depends almost entirely on its form.

Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came to her the grave surprise of motherhood.

I don't know that I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want some one who made it interesting.

They belonged to that vast group of human automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets.