Occupation: Writer Birth: October 14, 1879 Death: September 19, 1954
Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for being cl….
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people..
Women can always think as much as they like, an' they could get up on a platform an' talk till they bust, as long as they didn't want the world to be….
Our greatest heart-treasure is a knowledge that there is in creation an individual to whom our existence is necessary - some one who is part of our l….
My mother is a good woman - a very good woman - and I am, I think, not quite all criminality, but we do not pull together. I am a piece of machinery ….
To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture..
Heed the spark or you may dread the fire..
There are only two kinds of parents. Those who think their offspring can do nothing wrong, and those who think they can do nothing right..
Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings..
It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for..
When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot….
Civilization, stretching up to recognize that every child is a portion of State wealth, may presently make some movement to recognize maternity as a ….
It is the highest form of culture and craftmanship in art to use local materials. That way you stand a chance of adding to culture. The other way you….
I early became conscious that men breathe more audibly than women. Sit in a room in silence with men and women, and you can always hear the men breat….
If the souls of lives were voiced in music, there are some that none but a great organ could express, others the clash of a full orchestra, a few to ….
Bravely you jog along with the rope of class distinction drawing closer, close, tighter, tighter around you... I see it and know it, but I cannot hel….
Grandpa ... was ever ready to cheer and help me, ever sure that I was a remarkable specimen. He was a dear old man who asked little from life and got….
It is a wise provision that youth cannot see what it owes the previous generation. This is a chicken that comes back to roost in heavier years..
... no problem except old age ever vanquished my mother..
... we each have our fleeting hour..
there is a law of retribution in all things, direct or indirect, visible or invisible..