“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”

“One of the surprises of her unoccupied state was the discovery that time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace....”