What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp.

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

We have never understood why men mount the heads of animals and hang them up to look down on their conquerers. Possibly it feels good to these men to feel superior to animals, but does it not seem that if they were sure of it they would not have to prove it? Often a man who is afraid must constantly demonstrate his courage and, in the case of the hunter, must keep a tangible record of his courage.

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete.

Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed and erupted on them until they were ready to be turned. A cheerful brown, they were, with tracings of darker brown. And the kitchen was full of the good sweet smell of them.