It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?

If you don't keep and guard and mature your force, and above all, have time and quiet to perfect your work, you will be writing things not much better than you did five years ago.

The pale, cold light of the winter sunset did not beautify - it was like the light of truth itself.

There is often a good deal of the child left in people who have had to grow up too soon.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.

A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.