“Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning, truth and beauty can't.”

“...whether the people are happy or not in their lives, they have learned to keep steadily moving, moving all the time.”

“I can't believe you just did that! Are you crazy?"I gripped the steering wheel tighter. "Why do people keep asking me that?"He turned to stare at me, his eyes worried. "Who else keeps asking you that? Are any of them doctors?”

“In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. ”

“There is no place on earth or on the universe that a tree cannot turn a place into a more beautiful site!”

“The writer's object should be to hold the reader's attention. I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end. This is accomplished only when the narrative moves steadily ahead, not when it comes to a weary standstill, overloaded with every item uncovered in the research.”