“And she has other good stories, too, you ought to hear,” continued Nan undismayed.
— from Nan of Music Mountain by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

On the other hand, dearest daughter, you must leave yourself wholly in the hands of God, so that your dear soul and the souls of those you guide, may be, as far as you can make them, independent of all [Pg 145] that is not God; aiming straight and with such singleness of purpose that friendships, looks, words may never be wasted in frivolous amusement with creatures.
— from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint