“Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.”
“Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.”
“I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.”
“But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”
“The perception of beauty is a moral test.”
“She had never asked herself whether it cost him any effort. Any effort to stand between Will and the world, protecting each one of them from the other.”