Christmas... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

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On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an...

On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an...

Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine...

Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and...

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and...

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it...

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it...

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home...

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home...

This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering....

This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering....

The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by...

The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.

Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.

Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is...

Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is...

Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known:...

Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known:...

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in...

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in...

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always...

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always...

Happiness is like perfume: You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.

Happiness is like perfume: You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it...

Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.