The sacred flame of pure devotion glowed in my heart, and elevated my soul to sublimity. The world and all its recollections faded from...

" Begin the song exactly where you are, Remain within the world of which you're made. Call nothing common in earth or air, Accept it and...

" My mind is settled and satisfied with the right of possession. I never travel without books, for it is wonderful what repose I take,...

~ fields glistened like cloths of silver ~ a tang in the very air that inspired the hearts of maidens ~ all feathery and wonderful ~...

" I love to sit in silence when the day is almost done and see the distant hill the paint the glow of the sun... ​ I love to sit in...

" I think the first reason we read is to shape our very essence, to form the selves from which we act. We read first to shape the person...