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.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

I like good strong words that mean something.