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

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.

I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

...and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on the point of breaking loose.

Love is a beautifier.

Money is a needful and precious thing

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.