...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties.

How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.

It's so easy that when you begin you can't stop. You just go on and on doing it always.

All women are princesses , it is our right.

Their eyes met with a singular directness of gaze. Between them a spark passed which was not afterwards to be extinguished, though neither of them knew the moment of its kindling.

When a man looks at the stars, he grows calm and forgets small things. They answer his questions and show him that his earth is only one of the million worlds. Hold your soul still and look upward often, and you will understand their speech. Never forget the stars.

The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man.