There is no knowing how or why dread comes on a parent. Of course, many times apprehension arises when there is no reason for it at all. And it comes most often to the parents of only children, parent...
There is a great deal to be seen in the tilt of a hat on a man.
There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.
The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came fo...
The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.
The compass simply represents the ideal, present but unachievable, and sight-steering a compromise with perfection which allows your boat to exist at all.
The candle aimed its spark of light at heaven, like an artist who consumes himself to become divine.
The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it.
She was a very small girl with a face as lovely and fresh as her son’s face—a very small girl. Most of the time she knew she was smarter and prettier than anyone else. But now and then a lonely fear w...
People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.
Our people are good people, our people are kind people. Pray God someday kind people won't all be poor. Pray God someday a kid can eat. And the associations of owners know that some day the praying wo...
Os pequenos fazendeiros observam como as dívidas sobem insensivelmente, como o crescer da maré. Cuidaram das árvores sem vender a colheita, podaram e enxertaram e não puderam colher as frutas.Este peq...
No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe.
No gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love.
New YorkNovember 10, 1958Dear Thom:We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.First—if you are in love—that’s a good thing—that’s about...
Nearly everybody has his box of secret pain, shared with no one.
My wife, my Mary, goes to her sleep the way you would close the door of a closet. So many times I have watched her with envy. Her lovely body squirms a moment as though she fitted herself into a cocoo...
Mr. Trask, do you think the thoughts of people suddenly become important at a given age? Do you have sharper feelings or clearer thoughts now than when you were ten? Do you see as well, hear as well,...
Maybe you'll come to know that every man in every generation is refired. Does a craftsman, even in his old age, lose his hunger to make a perfect cup--thin, strong, translucent? He held his cup to the...
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments.