“Like a greater than himself, to the critical question at the critical time he did not answer: and they were again silent.”

“A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.”

“When he kissed me again, I thought I would break apart with need. He pulled back, watching me silently. A question waited for me in his eyes. "Yes," I murmured. I kissed him again and there were no more questions to be answered.”

“I have yet to find anyone, however exalted their station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.”

“I have yet to find the person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.”

“But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.”