Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

no one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses as his wife does.

The seasons run with swift feet.

there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.

the occasional cries of a lost loon, strayed from its flock in northern migration, fill the swamp with sounds of wailing.

There never was a moment in my life, when I felt so in the Presence, as I do now. I feel as if the Almighty were so real, and so near, that I could reach out and touch Him, as I could this wonderful work of His, if I dared. I feel like saying to Him: 'To the extent of my brain power I realize Your presence, and all it is in me to comprehend of Your power. Help me to learn, even this late, the lessons of Your wonderful creations. Help me to unshackle and expand my soul to the fullest realization of Your wonders. Almighty God, make me bigger, make me broader!

How a big majority of book critics and authors have come to believe and to teach that no book is true to life unless it is true to the worst in life, God knows.