That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.

Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.

That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them.

They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good.

She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala's favorite, Big Foot, dying in the snow at Wounded Knee. "Isn't that where the massacre was?" asked Ellen. "Yes. I'm going to go there when I'm grown up. To Wounded Knee." "That seems sensible," said Ellen.