Quotes from Zoë Akins

The Greeks Had a Word for It.

Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . .

Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.

It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit.

It's all right to tell a wife the brutal truth, but you've got to go sort of easy with your lady-love.

Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that - but that's the only way one can stay married.

Work alone qualifies us for life.

Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.