Man's rank is his power to uplift.

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

There is an aching that is worse than any pain.

Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale.

I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.

I am an optimistic fatalist. This world and all its beginnings will pass on into something better.

A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.