Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanThe Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanEvery builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanWhen a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting struggle of the soul to retain the joy of earth, whose fleeing distinguishes it from heaven, and whose retention is not accomplished without an inner knowledge of its futility.
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman