Houses are like people - some you like and some you don't like - and once in a while there is one you love.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth

[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want.

if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.

How wicked I was to wish that something dramatic would happen!' she thought. 'Oh, if we could only have those dear, monotonous, pleasant days back again! I would *never* grumble about them again.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.