Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.

Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself

Death is too much to ask of the living.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love.

The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.