Writers cannot choose their own mood: with them it is not al... - Charlotte Bronte

"But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. He may lay down rules and devise principles, and to rules and principles it will perhaps for years lie in subjection; and then, haply without any warning of revolt, there comes a time when it will no longer consent."

"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves."

"I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you."

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."

"The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely."