There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule.

She long ago accepted the fact that happiness is like, swallows in spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it.

Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is more truthful to act what we should feel if the community is to be well served rather than behave as we actually do feel in our selfish private feelings.

What is the scent of water?" "Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew.

autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.

All we are asked to bear we can bear.

The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again.