The human mind prefers something which it can recognize to something for which it has no name, and, whereas thousands of persons carry field glasses to bring horses, ships, or steeples close to them, only...

In most gardens”, the Tiger-lily said, “they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.

A face stared up at her from the mirror beside her hand. Was that really what she looked like? Was that really what she looked like, all sharp lines and huge silver-grey eyes? Certainly, no...

She ran, and leaned to the wall, until her face was close to mine and her breath came on me.I said, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll go with you. I love you, and I cannot give...