I ought to tell you that I'm probably your cousin.

...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everything.

Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.

The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks.

... since she might not be splendid, she would at least be immaculate.

The house of fiction has in short not one window, but a million, ... but they are, singly, as nothing without the posted presence of the watcher.

Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open.