Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

When a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting str…

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

No matter how tired or wretched I am, a pussycat sitting in a doorway can divert my mind.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

sometimes duties act on the soul like weeds on a flower. They crowd it out.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The dog without his master was like a body without a soul.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Cats love one so much - more than they will allow. But they have so much wisdom they keep it to themselves.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it.

- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman