Is he well educated?" "Yes, I think so, as far as he's gone," I answered. "Of course he will go on being educated every day of his life, same as father. He says it is all rot about 'finishing' your education. You never do. You learn more important things each day.

Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.

My publishers will make any kind of a beautiful book I design and send in to them, but ... For poetry they have less use than a rooster would have for skates.

Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

Money was their God; work their religion.

But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora. "Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy.