“Biggest affirmative argument I know in favor of ‘If a man die, shall he live again?’ is just the way you feel inside you that … Read More
“Junior was eleven. The statement is significant. There are a few peevish people in the world who believe that all eleven-year-old boys ought to be … Read More
“When I was young I had no means or time, and now I have the means and time, I have no youth.” Bess Streeter … Read More
“Our souls may all be equal in the sight of the Lord, but our gumption and ingenuity ain’t. So the results of man’s labor will … Read More
“In 1846 the prairie town of Oak River existed only in a settler’s dream.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior’s] speech. Not an insignificant “have went” nor an infinitesimal “I seen” ever escaped … Read More
“The greatest antidote in the world for grief is work, and the necessity of work.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“Except for our higher order of minds we are like the little moles under the earth carrying out blindly the work of digging, thinking our … Read More
“Mrs. Schneiderman’s theory of life was that earth held no sorrow that food could not heal.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“Sometime in their lives, everybody wanted to go home.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, achieve them; but others seem by necessity to have dates thrust upon them.” … Read More
“It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“I think that love is more like a light that you carry. At first childish happiness keeps it lighted and after that romance. Then motherhood … Read More
“Love is the light that you see by.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your … Read More
“It is better to remember our love as it was in the springtime.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“There is no division nor subtraction in the heart-arithmetic of a good mother. There are only addition and multiplication.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
“They are the most painful tears in the world … the tears of the aged … for they come from dried beds where the emotions … Read More
“It takes a small town to keep you humble.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
