“When they reached her she stood on the path holding a pair of moths. Her eyes were wide with excitement , her cheeks pink, her red lips parted, and on the hand she held out to them clung a pair… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“She held the moth to the light. It was nearer brown than yellow,and she remembered having seen some like it in the boxes that afternoon.It was not the one needed to complete the collection,but Elnora might want it,so Mrs. Comstock… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“Comstock, "but I left a wrong impression with you. I don't want” — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
No one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses as his wife does — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to force him to lay… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“Elnora lifted the violin and began to play. She wore a school dress of green gingham, with the sleeves rolled to the elbows. She… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“Young people," she said solemnly, "if your studying science and the elements has ever led you to feel that things just happen, kind of… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
There was an exquisitely beautiful conception in my brain when I did this piece of work all alone from midnight until morning after the… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
One feature about Los Angeles that I particularly love is the chance for association with all kinds of creative artists, a thing I never… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration. — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
How a big majority of book critics and authors have come to believe and to teach that no book is true to life unless… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“From an outside viewpoint it seems as if I had almost all a man could ask in reason. But when was a strong man… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“One," said the recording secretary. "Jesus wept," answered Leon promptly. There was not a sound in the church. You could almost hear the butterflies… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“My, I was scared!" Said Billy with a deep breath. Scared?" Questioned Elnora. Yes, sir-ee! Aunt Margaret scared me. May i ask you a… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
