Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.
A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.
The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.