Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

All things great are wound up with all things little.

Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be -- to me in all events -- a terrible thing without books.

It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?

I couldn't live where there were no trees--something vital in me would starve.

The point of good writing is knowing when to stop.