It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em," said Captain Jim. "When I ponder on them seeds I don't find it nowise hard to believe that we've got souls that'll live in other worlds. You couldn't hardly believe there was life in them tiny things, some no bigger than grains of dust, let alone colour and scent, if you hadn't seen the miracle, could you?

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

Rebellion flamed up in her soul as the dark hours passed by – not because she had no future but because she had no past.

To dispair is to turn your back on God.

Gilbert put his arm about them. 'Oh, you mothers!' he said. 'You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.

It is when my umbrella turns inside out that I am convinced of the total depravity of inanimate things.

Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare... Perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways.