Now I'm beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it.

I like good strong words that mean something.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.