Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't.

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Dramatic things always have a bitterness for some one.

I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.

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?

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant.

I can't help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It's as glorious as soaring through a sunset... almost pays for the thud.