“As my intimacy with his family grew, I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him.”

“Rex, in his early forties, had grown heavy and ruddy; he had lost his Canadian accent and acquired instead the hoarse, loud tone that was common to all his friends, as though their voices were perp...”

“The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him.”

“I am sorry to disturb you,' said James politely, 'but these people wished to shoot us.”

“I know I am awful. But how much more awful I should be without the Faith.”

“One of the problems of the vacation is money, father.Oh, I shouldnt worry about a thing like that at your age.You see, Ive run rather short.Yes? said my father without any sound of interest.In fact...”

“I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.”

“While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.”

“The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her ch...”