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.

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

I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.

Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.

I'm afraid to speak or move for fear that all this wonderful beauty will just vanish... like a broken silence.

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.