Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off.

Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

The only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska.

There was only - spring itself, the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence of it everywhere; in the sky, in the swift clouds, in the pale sunshine, and in the warm high wind - rising suddenly, sinking suddenly, impulsive ... If I had been tossed down blindfold on that red prairie, I should have known that it was spring.

I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known her about ever since I could remember anything at all.

Oh, the Germans classify, but the French arrange.