At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

Her secret? It is every artist's secret — passion. That is all. It is an open secret, and perfectly safe. Like heroism, it is inimitable in cheap materials.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off.