It isn't given to us to see ends. We can only attend to the beginnings and make them right.
Eleanor PorterThe sun was slowly setting in the west, casting golden beams of light into the somber old room.
Eleanor PorterOh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.
Eleanor PorterIt'll be just lovely for you to play -- it'll be so hard. And there's so much more fun when it is hard!
Eleanor PorterWhat men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
Eleanor Porter