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…

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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an...

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an...

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then...

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then...

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them...

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them...

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

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

In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands...

In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have,...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have,...

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than...

It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than...

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame...

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame...

A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of...

A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts -...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts -...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from...

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy...

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy...

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her,...

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her,...

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers...

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers...

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then...

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then...

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and...

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and...