Quote | Author | Source | Email Quote |
| The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. | James M. Barrie | The Little Minister |  |
| We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves the less likely is he to be at his worst in our company. Every time he talks away his own character before us he is signifying contempt for ours. | James M. Barrie | The Little Minister | |
| Love, it is said, is blind, but love is not blind. It is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. To see the best is to see most clearly, and it is the lover's privilege. | James M. Barrie | The Little Minister | |
| The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. | L. Frank Baum | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | |
| A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought. | Sir Max Beerbohm | Zuleika Dobson | |
| A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it. | Arnold Bennett | The Title | |
| "Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion." | Israel Zangwill | Children of the Ghetto | |
| Scratch the Christian and you find the Pagan--spoiled. | Israel Zangwill | Children of the Ghetto | |
| Mrs. Bittacy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables. | Algernon Blackwood | The Man Whom the Trees Loved | |
| Resignation brings a curious large courage--when there is nothing more to lose. The soul takes risks, and dares. Is it a curious short-cut sometimes to the heights? | Algernon Blackwood | The Man Whom the Trees Loved | |
