In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her stars; 'Twixt the east and western bars Round they journey, Come and go! We go with them!

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.

Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge as to the relation of their own social and religious life to the history of the people they think themselves witty in insulting? [...] The best thing that can be said of it is, that it is a sign of the intellectual narrowness—in plain English, the stupidity which is still the average mark of our culture.

It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.

A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.