That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.

He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing, velvety voice which no girl could hear without a heartbeat, and a dangerous way of listening as if she were saying something that he had longed all his life to hear.

The point of good writing is knowing when to stop.

I've come home in love with loneliness

Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?

It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.

I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)