Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be -- to me in all events -- a terrible thing without books.
Nothing worth while is every easy come by.
I'm afraid to speak or move for fear that all this wonderful beauty will just vanish... like a broken silence.
Look, do you see that poem?' she said suddenly, pointing.
Dramatic things always have a bitterness for some one.
The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring.