Vices are simply overworked virtues.

We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.

Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to learn to be joyful in all of it, not just at stated intervals when we can get time or when we have nothing else to do.

Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.

Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.

We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.