The Cardinal ... It was as if a pulsing heart of flame passed by when he came winging through the orchard.

It really seems as if failure and hardship make more of a human being of folks than success.

I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

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

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.

Nature always levies her tribute.

Every intoxicating delight of early spring was in the air. The breeze that fanned her cheek was laden with subtle perfume and the crisp, fresh odor of unfolding leaves.