It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.

Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story. . . . Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)

I feel as though someone's handed me the moon... and I don't exactly know what to do with it.

There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back - unless it is a woman who won't.

she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.

You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead.