The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

The supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.

Are you afraid of the good you might do?

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.