The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.

Is it not meningitis?

To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement.

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.