Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

The water reached up for her, pulled her down tenderly out of the heat, seeped in her hair and ran into the corners of her body. She turned round and round in it, embracing it, wallowing in it.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.

If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired