The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.

Rosie digested the information, but not the cake. Her mother was strict about eating between meals. ‘A fat girl will never find a good man, Rosie,’ was her view, handed down to her by Great-aunt Jessie, a woman of many cliches.

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing.

Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him to know, and is thus seduced into believing almost anything.

For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow it away.

God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family so demean themselves. How can one tell who might read it? No worthy book has ever been written for gain, I think;.

Who you are is less important than what you seem.

I went to the meeting with some trepidation for, although I might have met a wizard before, I had never encountered an Irishman.

Rosie digested the information, but not the cake. Her mother was strict about eating between meals. 'A fat girl will never find a good man, Rosie,' was her view, handed down to her by Great-aunt Jessie, a woman of many cliches.