[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a fairly normal condition of discouragement.

I suppose that we are only young, Chris, so long as we can forget. After that we merely remember!

I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing.

Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

What a tragedy it was that the only thing age could offer to youth was its own experience, and that the experiences of others were never profitable.

... if one can remember without loving, then couldn't one love without remembering?