It’s so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding.

...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

Satirize wickedness if you must--but pity weakness.

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world.

Outgrowing things we love is never a pleasant process.

Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.

Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.