The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp--with remembrance of Virginia, with remembrance of dear ancestral Britain. — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little shelf of books on the opposite wall. Every volume there is an instrument which some melodist of the mind created and set vibrating with music, as a flower shakes out its perfume or a star… — James Lane Allen Copy Share
I have yet to encounter that common myth of weak men, an insurmountable barrier. — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
The truth in you remains as radiant as a star, as pure as light, as innocent as love itself. — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
The longer I live here, the better satisfied I am in having pitched my earthly camp-fire, gypsylike, on the edge of a town, keeping it on one side, and the green fields, lanes, and woods on the other. Each, in turn, is to me as a magnet to the needle. At times the needle of my nature points towards the… — James Lane Allen Copy Share
You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp--with remembrance of Virginia, with remembrance… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
