Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running.

Personal life becomes paler as the imaginative life becomes richer.

Sometimes falling in love may look like pure madness to those not experiencing it but that's only because they're not involved. Just because other people don't understand your feelings doesn't mean they're not real or they're not important. You have to trust yourself. Feel what you feel and don't worry about anyone else. Love is about you and your significant other, remember that.

There was a new kind of strength in the gravity of her face, and her colors still gave her that look of deep-seated health and ardor.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find.