Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?" "Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.

We're twins, and so we love each other more than other people.

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.