The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you. William Dean Howells Read Quote
Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step. William Dean Howells Read Quote
Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice? William Dean Howells Read Quote
In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere. William Dean Howells Read Quote
If we like a man’s dream, we call him a reformer; if we don’t like his dream, we call him a crank. William Dean Howells Read Quote
You’ll find as you grow older that you weren’t born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up. William Dean Howells Read Quote
We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these. William Dean Howells Read Quote
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. William Dean Howells Read Quote
