Not all clever words are true. … And inversely most things that are true are not clever. — Bess Streeter Aldrich
The greatest antidote in the world for grief is work, and the necessity of work. — Bess Streeter Aldrich
Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, — Bess Streeter Aldrich
It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us. — Bess Streeter Aldrich
For though love has been ridiculed and disgraced, exchanged and bartered, dragged — Bess Streeter Aldrich