Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.

All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.

If you can sit in silence with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll never be and you need not waste time in trying.

Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,' wailed Anne. 'You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.

Most things are predestined, but some are just darn sheer luck, said Roaring Abel.

But [sorrows] won't get the better of you if you face 'em together with love and trust. You can weather any storm with them two for compass and pilot.

People who haven’t red hair don’t know what trouble is.