More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
It did not occur to Wingfold that people generally speak from the surfaces, not the depths of their minds, even when those depths are moved;
And how fine he looked as he said it, with his head erect, and his nostrils quivering like those of a horse!
Really?!?
even the sunshine, the gladdest thing in creation, is sad sometimes.
I believe some clergymen think the only evil lies in detection.
"I begin to suspect," said the curate, after a pause, "that the common transactions of life are the most sacred channels for the spread of the heavenly leaven.
"Can a man reach anything ideal before he has God dwelling in him—filling every cranny of his soul?" asked the curate with shining eyes.
They spake humbly, yet not because they sought a favour, but because they were humble, for with their humility was mingled the confidence of receiving that they sought.
