Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.

There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.

There is nothing so debilitating to a naturally weak sense of humor as selling tickets behind a grating.

It was not long after sunrise, and Stephen Waterman, fresh from his dip in the river, had scrambled up the hillside from the hut in the alder-bushes where he had made his morning toilet.

If you make children happy now, you will make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.

Some folks mistakes all they see for all there is.

Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?

Father doesn't think very sudden, but he thinks awful strong.

Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.

Miranda Sawyer had a heart, of course, but she had never used it for any other purpose than the pumping and circulating of blood.

Money is far commoner than time. When one reflects, one perceives that money is just about the commonest thing there is.

Moira had power now, she’d been set loose, she’d set herself loose. She was now a loose woman.I think we found this frightening.

Raise the roof, that I might see the stars To gain wisdom, to see things for what they are Please, I need proof

I think everyone is throwing happy stuff at you, and that's when you come over all humbug. It's happy stuff in your face, happy stuff is being sold to you.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

It's hard to compare actors from different generations.

What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness?

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.

Being truly thankful makes you infinitely more resourceful. By sincerely appreciating what you have, you find new and valuable ways to make use of it.

Ye are brothers! ye are men! And we conquer but to save.