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

The violin - that most human of all instruments.

Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so, you'd save an immense deal of time and money and pain. A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.

I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.

Mothers can forgive anything!

So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her.