If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet,' said Priscilla. Anne glowed. 'I'm so glad you spoke that thought, Priscilla, instead of just thinking it and keeping it to yourself. This world would be a much more interesting place…although it is very interesting, anyhow…if people spoke out their real thoughts.

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

I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood.

…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.

If you can sit in silence with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll never be and you need not waste time in trying.

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

The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn't it?