“The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.”
“A talent for building children's souls, Hilde. So building their souls that they might grow straight and fine, nobly and beautifully formed, to their full human stature. That was where Aline's talent lay.”
“Children do not grow up all of a piece; look for the child of seven, especially to take many backward glances at the way he has come, while bounds and leaps unevenly ahead in his growth.”
“Souls grow on bones but die beneath bankers' hours...”
“An alien calm crept slowly over me. It was dark, full of bitterness and growing fascination.”
“Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.”