...a little "appreciation" sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious "bringing up" in the world.

God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.

Oh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant.

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

There be three gentle and goodlie things, To be here, To be together, And to think well of one another.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.