"Have you seen any fairies lately? ~ I asked the question of a little girl not long ago. ~ 'Huh! There's no such thing as fairies', she replied. ~ In some way the answer hurt me, and I have been vaguely disquieted when I have thought of it ever since. ~ Have you seen any fairies lately, or have you allowed the harsher facts of life to dull your 'seeing eye?'"

        "If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life from aching, or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain"

        "A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished."