...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?

O vanity, mislead no more!

…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.

Dolls are safe companions.

Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.