"It was as if, within that still winter night's vastness a strange soft-feathered bird of passage had come to beat its…"

"The mirror’s Magic—that mirror—the one he gave me—because it tells me the sweetest lies about myself! I’ve looked int…"

"Is goodness just for Sundays and is love just for Christmas? Must the living fragrance of human love be packed away w…"

"Hate, my gentle lady, said Captain Anschutz, is only Love that has lost its way home in the dark."

"Preacher walks away and stands for a spell staring out the cell window with his long, skinny hands folded behind him.…"

"Salvation! Why, it's always a last-minute business, boy."

"Ming Hang Hung! the words rang faintly through his daydream like echoes of Miz Cunningham's tart little doorbell. The…"

"He thought again of the watch in the window. It had twelve black numbers on its moon face and there was magic to that…"

"It was a warm night for the end of March. Walt had left the front door to the ice-cream parlor open when he went out …"

"I am afraid of Mr. Powell. I am more afraid of him than I have ever been of shadows or the thunder or when you look t…"