“Why, Laura, I believe you are not sympathetic,” cried Jess.
— from The Girls of Central High on the Stage; Or, The Play That Took The Prize by Gertrude W. Morrison

[109] "Write if you will," he says, "versify if you must, sing away if the singing mood is an imperative mood, but on no account give up your other occupation; let your authorship be a pastime, not a trade; let it be your avocation, not your vocation."
— from Genius in Sunshine and Shadow by Maturin Murray Ballou

Finally, reaching Uncle Lauder's and getting into the old room where he had taught Dod and myself so many things, I exclaimed: "You are all here; everything is just as I left it, but you are now all playing with toys."
— from Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie