Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.

I imagine therefore I belong and am free.

I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot my morning prayer or else it was irksome to me. One by one my old habits returned and I cared less for religion than ever.

The power to console is not within corporeal reach - though its attempt is precious.

These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look.

Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.