“Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage...” — Amelia Barr Quote

“Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.”

“But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.”

“That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.”

“When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself.”

“America has always accomplished far more acting as courageous frontiersmen than weak reactionaries.”

“I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.”