I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away. The light and air abot me told me that the world ended here: only the ground and sun and sky were left, and if one went a little farther there would only be sun and sky, and one would float off into them, like the tawny hawks which sailed over our heads making slow shadows on the grass.

It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled.

Hunger is a powerful incentive to introspection.

Some things are best learned in calm, others in storm.

She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends.

Today I stood taller from walking among the trees.

Let people go on talking as they like, and we will go on living as we think best.