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

And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.

Saying one's prayers isn't exactly the same thing as praying.

We've had a beautiful friendship, Diana. We've never marred it by one quarrel or coolness or unkind word; and I hope it will always be so. But things can't be quite the same after this. You'll have other interests. I'll just be on the outside.

She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.

Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.

Dramatic things always have a bitterness for some one.