Zoe Akins

"Englishmen are like that. They love life more and value it less than any other people in the world."

"My life is like water that has gone over the dam and turned no mill wheels. Here I am, not happy, but not unhappy, as my days run on to the sea, idly—but not too swiftly—for I love living."

"Like a fool I thought I was the arbiter of her destiny; and all the time Fate had happier plans for her."

"I am the wind that wavers, You are the certain land; I am the shadow that passes Over the sand."

"Work alone qualifies us for life, Sentoni. It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit."

"No one can ever help loving anyone."