Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not often hidden — only ugliness and deformity.

I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.

The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.

Isn't it better to have your heart broken than to have it wither up? Before it could be broken it must have felt something splendid. That would be worth the pain.

She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone.

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.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.