Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance.

...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.

I believe it is customary to get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted-- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than did.

I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold

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

extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.

There was a wonderful atmosphere of gentle age, a smell of flowers and beeswax, sweet yet faintly sour and musty; a smell that makes you feel very tender towards the past.