"More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent.

To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.

Old men are like that, you know. It makes them feel important to think they are in love with somebody.

When people ask me if it has been a hard or easy road, I always answer with the same quotation, the end is nothing, the road is all.Willa Cather

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

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.

Prayers said by good people are always good prayers