I suppose all this sounds very crazy — all these terrible emotions always do sound foolish when we put them into our inadequate words. They are not meant to be spoken — only felt and endured.

The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding. -Aunt Jimsie

trees, unlike so many humans, always improve on acquaintance. No matter how much you like them at the start you are sure to like them much better further on, and best of all when you have known them for years and enjoyed intercourse with them in all seasons.

I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you.

Despair is a free man--hope is a slave.

Saying one's prayers isn't exactly the same thing as praying.