“The morning was full of sunlight and hope.”

“The morning was full of sunlight and hope.”

“...when he possessed her, they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life’s mystery.”

“I leave such ventures ti you younger men with the fever of life still in your blood.”

“But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing.”

“She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.”

“She liked then to wander alone into strange and unfamiliar places. She discovered many a sunny, sleepy corner, fashioned to dream in.”

“The morning was full of sunlight and hope.”

“She had resolved to never take another step backward.”

“She was happy to be alive and breathing, when her whole being seemed to be one with the sunlight, the color, the odors, the luxuriant warmth of some perfect Southern day.”

“She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.”

“To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.”