I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?

... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.

she knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near

Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man.

Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.