Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

The qualities of a second-rate writer can easily be defined, but a first-rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the thing in him which escapes analysis that makes him first-rate.

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.

This land was an enigma. It was like a horse that no one knows how to break to harness, that runs wild and kicks things to pieces.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Dr. Howard Archie had just come up from a game of pool with the Jewish clothier and two traveling men who happened to be staying overnight in Moonstone.

People can be lovers and enemies at the same time, you know.