All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness.

Better lose your life than your soul.

... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names

My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child