I have never wished there was a God to call on- I have often wished there was a God to thank.

A lot of young girls together is a romantic secret thing like the first sight of wild ducks at dawn.

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

He had no plans, no definite intentions, except to kiss her lips again, to hold her in his arms.

Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering

I don't much care where I am anymore, nor expect very much from places.

But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.