Quotes from Ben Ames Williams

Her garments borrowed grace from her.

Remembering can be a hard thing on a man," he suggested. "I wear life like an old pair of shoes that's easy on my feet.

I've already done the best I could with yesterday.

and then something woke in me. It wasn't just -- appetite. It was more permanent than that. I wanted to possess her, not for a moment but forever; wanted her to be -- as the word goes -- mine.

Loving you -- if I love you -- is only a beginning...But if I ever hold you in my arms, to do so will be a part of something a great deal bigger than ourselves; no more than an incident in a great plan.

Life is the acceptance of responsibilities, or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations, or avoiding them.

Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is continually being offered, and by the manner of his choosing you may fairly measure him.