All we are asked to bear we can bear.

Marriage is a very long process.

He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.

I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up.

Nothing is ever finished and done with in this world. You may think a seed was finished and done with when it falls like a dead thing into the earth; but when it puts forth leaves and flowers next spring you see your mistake.

All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance.

She realized with deep respect that this woman had always done what she had to do and faced what she had to face. If many of her fears and burdens would have seemed unreal to another woman, there was nothing unreal about her courage.