The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
William Dean Howells

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
William Dean Howells

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
William Dean Howells

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?
William Dean Howells

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
William Dean Howells

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.
William Dean Howells

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.
William Dean Howells