…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.

strength and beauty must go hand in hand

I think immortality is the passing of a soul through many lives or experiences, and such as are truly lived, used and learned, help on to the next, each growing richer, happier and higher, carrying with it only the real memories of what has gone before.

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

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

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here.