The world is full of happy people but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal to get in the papers. No one knows about all the happy people.
Gene Stratton-Porterthere was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.
Gene Stratton-Porterwe know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.
Gene Stratton-PorterWhat you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose, among the only ones who live beyond the grave in this world, the people who write books that help, make exquisite music, carve statues, paint pictures, and work for others. Never mind the calico dress, and the coarse shoes. Work at you books, and before long you will hear yesterday's tormentors boasting that they were once classmates of yours.
Gene Stratton-Porter