Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world.

she knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near

[He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world-- that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest.

Can you honestly love a dishonest thing?

When you're a child you're the center of everything. Everything happens for you. Other people? They're only ghosts furnished for you to talk to.

There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort.

Courage and fear were one thing too.