“But a home cannot be builded always on happiness.”

Acknowledging that shared sorrow also deepens belonging · Autobiographical essay, Making the House a Home, 1922

• Despair
• Joy
• Love

“There is no pleasanter sight within the front door of any man's castle than the strewn and disordered evidences that children there abide.”

Finding warmth and meaning in the ordinary disorder created by family life · Prose memoir, Making the House a Home, 1922

• Childhood
• Home
• Joy

“And, Mr. Sneering Critic, you certainly cannot disturb my peace of mind with your gibes and taunts unless you have my co-operation.”

Arguing that criticism gains power only when one allows it to do so · Prose writing quoted in Outlook and Independent, 1930

• Criticism
• Independence
• Peace