“Young, gifted, and destitute…”

“Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.”

“I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers… this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted.”

“Oh, glory of the morning!
Oh, ye gifted, young, and brave!
What end have ye, but midnight;
What find ye but the grave?”

“When I was quite young, as far back as I remember, I drew, but the gift is nothing without the will to make it worth while. The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop.”

“A gift of truth is the gift of love”

“When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.”

“The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.”

“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me.”

“No sooner does a divine gift reveal itself in youth or maid than its market value becomes the decisive consideration, and the poor young creatures are offered for sale, as we might sell angels who had strayed among us.”