There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it.

The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the most satisfying thing in all the world.

It is often the case with the silent children about us, that they cherish a dream which they dare not talk about.

Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.

For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.

Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God.

If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I should like the green earth not to feel my step as a heavy burden. I should like her to forgive that she for my sake is wounded by plough and harrow, and willingly to open for my dead body.