... justice is mercy's highest self.

It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

All women are princesses , it is our right.

"It's so beautiful!" she said, a little breathless with her speed. "You never saw anything so beautiful! It has come! I thought it had come that other morning, but it was only coming. It is here now! It has come, the Spring!"

Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into wrongs sometimes. -- (from Behind the White Brick)

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.

Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.