It is human to err; and the only final and deadly error, among all our errors, is denying that we have ever erred.

She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived.

Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.

Spring never is spring unless it comes too soon.

Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.