To seize the flying thought before it escapes us is our only touch with reality.

There is in every human being, I think, a native country of the mind, where, protected by inaccessible barriers, the sensitive dream life may exist safely.

To mourn was distressing, but to endeavor to mourn and fail was worse than distress.

Most women want their youth back again; but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.

It was a perfect spring afternoon, and the air was filled with vague, roving scents, as if the earth exhaled the sweetness of hidden flowers.

I ain't never seen no head so level that it could bear the lettin' in of politics.

So long as the serpent continues to crawl on the ground, the primary influence of woman will be indirect.