Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven.

Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness.

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

...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl.

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

It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts.