“How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, "When I am a big boy." But what is that? The big boy says, "When I grow up." And then, grown up, he says, "When I get married." But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to "When I'm able to retire." And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it; somehow he has missed it all, and it is gone.” LifeLooksChildrenLittlesBigsSeemsAbleGrowsBoysGoneGrowing UpStrangeWindColdMarriedLandscapeOver ItRetirementRetiringBeing MarriedProcessionCold Wind Book:Feast of Stephen Source: Feast of Stephen
“Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.” KindLittlesTwoScienceDifferencesNegativeExpensiveElectricityCheaperMothsDurabilityPresuming Book:Literary Lapses: A Book of Sketches Source: Literary Lapses: A Book of Sketches
“If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little fault to find with it.” IfsLittlesWould BeSchoolLastsFaultsLast DaySchool Life Book:Feast of Stephen Source: Feast of Stephen
“Too much has been said of the heroes of history-the strong men, the troublesome men; too little of the amiable, the kindly, the tolerant.” MenLittlesHas BeensSaidStrongToo MuchHeroTroublesomeStrong ManAmiable Book:Essays and Literary Studies Source: Essays and Literary Studies
