American Editor Quotes

Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books?

Yes, success is everything. Failure is more common. Most achieve a sort of middling thing, but fortunately one's situation is always blurred, you never know absolutely quite where you are.

Donald Barthelme

To all who want to accomplish something I say, Go into the silence regularly for power and wisdom to accomplish.

Elizabeth Towne

I fill this cup to one made up
Of loveliness alone,
A woman, of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon;
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
A form so fair, that, like the air,
'Tis less of earth than heaven.

Edward Coote Pinkney

A romantic relationship might very well have been initiated by God, but the moment our focus moves from our Prince to a human love story is the moment we cease to guard our sanctuary, and our entire foundation for success crumbles into ashes. A relationship that leads us closer to our Prince and carefully protects our inner sanctuary is the key to discovering romance as it was truly intended to be...a little taste of heaven on earth.

Like many young women, I grew up believing that (1) physical ability wasn't very important, and (2) I didn't have any.

When you have given yourself to Christ, leave yourself there, and go about your work as a child in His household.

Charles Seymour Robinson

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet As the swallow's song i' the South, And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet By the curves of a perfect mouth.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

To be afraid and to be brave is the best kind of courage of all.

Alice Dalgliesh

The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.

And long shall timorous fancy see The painted chief, and pointed spear, And Reason's self shall bow the knee To shadows and delusions here.

Philip Morin Freneau