But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

There was a good deal of laughing and kissing and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home-festivals so pleasant at the time, so sweet to remember long afterward, and then all fell to work.