Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.
Romance at short notice was her speciality.
No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve.
Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
It was one thing to go to the end of the world; it was quite another thing to make oneself at home there. Even respectability seemed to lose some of its virtue when one practiced it in a tent.