Leave mysteries to philosophers; there is quite enough of enjoyment upon the surface of things without diving below, into the dark caverns of doubt and vague speculation.

I never liked the word phenomenon." "To me it has ever been an attraction.

I always seem standing at some closed door, hearkening to vague sounds within and longing to enter.

The outer life presents itself to me as moving figures in a show, and I am all impatient, at times, to discover the hidden machinery that gives such wonderful motion.
"Morbid; all morbid!" answered Dexter, in a lively manner.

"Dreams in the place of realities, Miss Loring.