The secret of our emotions never lies in the bare object, but in its subtle relations to our own past.

Even when she was speaking, her soul was in prayer reposing on an unseen support.

You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.

A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider, it is hard to find rules without exception.

Pink colors my world red!

You’re stuck with me.”She sniffled. “Promise?”He rested his forehead against hers. “Cross my heart.

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.

When the vision becomes right [correct], one sees only his own faults and when the vision is wrong [incorrect], he sees others at fault.

The commitment gap is the massive distance between “yes” and “maybe

We're on the border of this world, speaking a common language. That's all.

An ugly smile. An ugly soul.

I told some imprecisely imagined interlocutor that each year I hoped to have outgrown being moved by the autumn and each year I hadn't

The crow when travelling abroad came back just as black.

Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.