life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.

…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.

Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

I can get on with wild beasts first-rate; but men rile me awfully.

Mac looked up with the oddest of all his odd expressions

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.