There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it...until they have grown so old that they forget the way. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again...The world calls them singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.

she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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.

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

People who haven’t red hair don’t know what trouble is.

Since you are determined to be married, Miss Cornelia," said Gilbert solemnly, "I shall give you the excellent rules for the management of a husband which my grandmother gave my mother when she married my father." "Well, I reckon I can manage Marshall Elliott," said Miss Cornelia placidly. "But let us hear your rules." "The first one is, catch him." "He's caught. Go on." "The second one is, feed him well." "With enough pie. What next?" "The third and fourth are-- keep your eye on him.

She will love deeply--suffer terribly--she will have glorious moments to compensate.