There is no escape if love is not there," Hannah had said. Had Hannah known when she herself had not even suspected? It was not escape that she had dreamed about, it was love.

How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible!

There is no escape if love is not there

The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together.

From that first moment, in a way she could never explain, the Meadows claimed her and made her their own.