Mac looked up with the oddest of all his odd expressions

Rule yourself. Love your neighbor. Do the duty that lies nearest you.

[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.

Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.