The bottle of whiskey - the second one - was now in constant demand by all present, excepting Catherine, who 'felt just as good on nothing at all.

I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth.

For the moment I can only cry out that I have lost my splendid mirage. Come back, come back, O glittering and white!

Who would not be pleased at carrying lamps helpfully through the darkness?

We want to believe. Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their Congressmen, countries try to believe in their statesmen, but they can't. Too many voices, too much scattered, illogical ill-considered criticism.

Intelligence is measured by a person's ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.

he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass.