There was something rather blousy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.

Every moment was a precious thing, having in it the essence of finality.

Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.

I would have gone too but I wanted to come straight back to you.I kept thinking of you, waiting here, all by yourself, not knowing what was going to happen.

Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me.""Do you mean you want a secretary or something?""No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.

We've got a bond in common, you and I. We are both alone in the world.

I know that age, it's a particularly obstinate one, and a thousand bogies won't make you fear the future. A pity we can't change over.

It's as important to marry the right life as it is the right person.

A complying memory has obliterated many of them and edited my childhood down to a brief cinematic blur.

Light of compassion and the light of wisdom that arises from our deepest and truest nature surpasses all other lights.

Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.

Real tears are not those that fall from the eyes and cover the face, but those that fall from the heart and cover the soul.

If we don't embrace a low carbon economy this decade, it won't just harm the planet, but also the U.S. economy.

What fools indeed we morals are to lavish care upon a car, with never a bit of time to see about our own machinery!

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

The conversation of bullets.

Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.