There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.

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

When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out.

All that Ruby said was so horribly true, she was leaving everything she cared for. She had laid up her treasures on earth only. She had lived solely for the little things of life, the things that pass, forgetting the great things that go onward into eternity bridging the gulf between the two lives and making of death a mere passing of one dwelling to the other. From twilight to unclouded day. ...it was no wonder her soul clung in blind helplessness to the only things she knew and loved.

Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be -- to me in all events -- a terrible thing without books.

I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.

Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.