"More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent.

Look at my papa here; he's been dead all these years, and yet he is more real to me than almost anybody else. He never goes out of my life. I talk to him and consult him all the time. The older I grow, the better I know him and the more I understand him.

A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.

Even the wicked get worse than they deserve.

The prayers of all good people are good.

What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.

It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled.