When any man accumulates more than he can earn with his own hands, he begins to enrich himself at the expense of the youth, the sweat, the blood, the joy of his fellow men.

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.

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

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

Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

One feature about Los Angeles that I particularly love is the chance for association with all kinds of creative artists, a thing I never before have had. I certainly do love a number of the writers, the painters, the musicians, and the sculptors that I meet here. ... Next to the sunshine, I appreciate it the most of anything in California.

Money was their God; work their religion.