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.

In little towns, lives roll along so close to one another; loves and hates beat about, their wings almost touching.

Hunger is a powerful incentive to introspection.

Life began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember.

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

Merely having seen the season change in a country gave one the sense of having been there for a long time.

When the eyes of the flesh are shut, the eyes of the spirit are open.