Nathan always believed his wife was trying to poison him but he didn't seem to mind. He said it made life kind of exciting.

After all, what could you expect from a pig but a grunt?

[Anne, commenting on city life] "I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.

Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places.

There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there? And it's so hard to keep from loving things, isn't it?

Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless in its indulgence.

But feeling is so different from knowing. My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me. Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.