America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.
I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness. . . for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush.
Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut.
It's the tide. It's the dismal tide. It's not the one thing.
Waiting on God means increasing purity.
It's when things are going just right that you'd better be suspicious. There you are, fat as can be. The whole world is yours and you're the answer to the Wright brothers' prayers. You say to yourself, nothing can go wrong. . . all my trespasses are forgiven. Best you not believe it.