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

When a man is overcome by anger, he has a poisoned fever. He loses his strength, he loses his power over himself and over others. He throws away time in which he might have gained the end he desires. The is no time for anger in the world. - The Ancient One

There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in—that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies. I scarcely ever do.

The mug from the washstand was used as Becky's tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend that it was anything but tea.

death is always sudden however long one waits.

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.