“Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes, the Cross is the tree that sweetens the waters. 'Love never faileth.”
“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”
“Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.”
“suffering sweetens the reward”
“The gospel sweetens the law.”
“it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. He accepted love instinctively, without responsibility or conditions, like a wild thing glimpsed through trees. ”