Life owes me something more than it has paid me and I'm going out to collect it.

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

I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.

Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive-it's such an interesting world.

Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth.

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