A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects.

Men often marry their mothers.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.