The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.
Gene Stratton-PorterWe never know the timber of a man's soul until something cuts into him deeply and brings the grain out strong. You've the making of a mighty fine piece of furniture.
Gene Stratton-PorterI do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.
Gene Stratton-Porterit takes the very wisest person there is to know when to talk, and when to keep still.
Gene Stratton-Porter