Old people, who have felt blows and toil and known the world's hard hand, need, even more than children do, a woman's tenderness.

The great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggled in its sombre wastes.

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

In other searchings it might be the object of the quest that brought satisfaction, or it might be something incidental that one got on the way; but in religion, desire was fulfilment, it was the seeking itself that rewarded.

Ugly accidents happen . . . always have and always will. But the failures are swept back into the pile and forgotten. They don`t leave any lasting scar in the world, and they don`t affect the future. The things that last are the good things. The people who forge ahead and do something, they really count.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.

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