“Only Anna was sad. She knew that now, from Dolly's departure, no one again would stir up within her soul the feelings that had been roused by their conversation. It hurt her to stir up these feelings, but yet she knew that that was the best part of her soul, and that that part of her soul would quickly be smothered in the life she was leading.”
“Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride/You will not die, its not poison-Tombstone Blues”
“Pride is the parent of destruction; pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive.”
“Pride is the veil that blinds the eyes of the soul.”
“Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.”