You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel?

It’s better to live like a flame, to know a man and love him even if he can’t be yours, then never to love at all.

Let go of the anger, hang on to the good lessons.

He wanted to grow old with her, or not grow old at all.

Dogs do tricks. Cats play tricks.

Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that writing brings you joy.

He's male. I've noticed that sometimes the brains simply get left out of the package.