I'd rather look ridiculous when everybody else does than plain and sensible all by myself.

It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it.

I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial," said Anne, rather scornfully. "Nobody would expect two blacksmiths to be violently attracted toward each other merely because they were both blacksmiths.

I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.

It's rather hard to decide just when people are grown up.

Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was.

The trouble with you people is that you don't laugh enough.