Miranda Sawyer had a heart, of course, but she had never used it for any other purpose than the pumping and circulating of blood.

There are some who possess the magic touch, the infectious spirit of enthusiasm; who have the same effect as a beautiful morning that never reaches noon. Under this spell one's mind is braced, one's spirit recreated; one is ready for any adventure, even if it only be the doing of the next distasteful task light-heartedly.

Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

There are certain narrow, umimaginative, and autocratic old people who seem to call out the most mischievous and sometimes the worst traits in children.

It was not long after sunrise, and Stephen Waterman, fresh from his dip in the river, had scrambled up the hillside from the hut in the alder-bushes where he had made his morning toilet.

It is very funny, but you do not always have to see people to love them. Just think about it, and see if it isn't so.

Father doesn't think very sudden, but he thinks awful strong.