a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.

Imagine, if you can, what the rest of the evening was like. How they crouched by the fire which blazed and leaped and made much of itself in the little grate. How they removed the covers of the dishes, and found rich, hot savory soup, which was a meal in itself, and sandwiches and toast and muffins enough for both of them.

I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend.

You either build up or you tear down. You either keep in the light where you can see, or you stand in the dark and fight everything that comes near you, because you can't see and you think it's an enemy.

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

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

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