I don't know what God intends, or what qualifies Him to forgive me, ' Sobran said

Books can be the people we never get to meet, ancestors or far neighbors.

You fainted and I caught you. It was the first time I'd supported a human. You had such heavy bones. I put myself between you and gravity. Impossible.

All new news is old news happening to new people

Call them from their houses, and teach them to dream.

Lovely high ceilings, ' I said. 'If you were very tall, you'd feel quite comfortable in here.

Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

Maybe there was no happily ever after [...] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.

Events, time, forms, all propel the inner plot within each of us.

Never invest in a business you don't understand.