Amelia Barr
Amelia Barr
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barrwas a British novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
running new-roads should
One should not run on a new road.
thinking shining sun
Death is like the setting of the sun. The sun never sets; life never ceases. ... we think the sun sets, and it never ceases shining; we think our friends die, and they never cease living.
distrust suspicion
Once suspicion is aroused, every thing feeds it.
dream sight discipline
Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream life; my daily life would be far poorer, if it wanted the second sight of dreams.
evil expectations
we generally get the evil we expect ...
forgiveness people forgiving
I have seen that every one forgives much in themselves that they find unpardonable in other people.
done action hours
if a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck.
memories doors keys
I wear the key of memory, and can open every door in the house of my life.
song gratitude cities
Perhaps when the light of heaven shows us clearly the pitfalls and dangers of the earth road that led to the heavenly city, our sweetest songs of gratitude will be not for the troubles we have conquered, but for those we have escaped.
hopeful found inevitable
The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.
alaska making-love world
But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.
sorrow quiet far-away
There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.
kings mistake moving
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
sleep littles events
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.