…nothing remained but loneliness and grief…

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

Nature makes the best paths that leads to the best places.

Love is my philosophy, compassion is my journey and peace is my destination.

If I breathe, what will my heart think?If I vomit, what will my soul think?

The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.

You know, you don't get to survive that long without making some compromises.

The good man has his enemies. He would not be like His Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for friendship of the world is enmity to God.

Nevil Shute's On the Beach is no Christmas carol, but it seems to me a remarkably fine novel, one which I read, in the peculiarly repulsive phrase, with my eyes glued to the page.

Ivan had contrived somehow in the dark of night to replace every watermelon in the watermelon patch with a gravestone, and every gravestone in the engraver's lot with a watermelon

Sunday doesn't just prepare us for the week ahead - it prepares us for eternity.

Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.