Anne "felt instinctively" that romance was peeping at her around a corner.

The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.

It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of turning the page and showing us yet another chapter.

There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back - unless it is a woman who won't.

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.

I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris

But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while.