Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.
Nothing seemed impossible in the beginning.
Conceit spoils the finest genius.
The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.
Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.
Dolls are safe companions.