"Great loves, to the last, have pulses red; All great loves that have ever died dropped dead."

"As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it."

"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

"Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand."

"Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night."

"The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness."

"Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things."

"When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important."