I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows.

Prayer's a very tricky business.

I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.

But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are not giving one thought to the real facts of marriage.

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

I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray.