Bess Streeter Aldrich - A lantern in her hand (1928)

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When I was young I had no means or time, and now I have the means and time, I have no youth.

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Nebraska was favored of the gods. Ceres' throne was in Nebraska. It was as though she chose the state from all others upon which to lavish her goods, — as though the bulk of her fortune had been given to a favorite child.

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There is no division nor subtraction in the heart-arithmetic of a good mother. There are only addition and multiplication.

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They are the most painful tears in the world... the tears of the aged... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

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Not all clever words are true.... And inversely most things that are true are not clever.

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Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.

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