I never fancied cats much till I found the First Mate, he remarked, to the accompaniment of the Mate's tremendous purrs. I saved his life, and when you've saved a creature's life you're bound to love...
I have made up my mind that I will never marry. I shall be wedded to my art.
I don't seem to be like other girls, Judy. They all want to go to college and have a career. I don't...I just want to stay at Silver Bush and help you and mother. There's work for me here, Judy...you...
I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (...) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over.
I don't know what lies around the bed, but I'm going to believe that the best does.
I don't care a hang for any cat that hasn't stripes.
I can always get through to-day very nicely. It's to-morrow I can't live through
How fair the realmImagination opens to the view,
Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting.
He certainly must have money, for he has just showered Jane with jewelry. Her engagement ring is a diamond cluster so big that it looks like a plaster on Jane’s fat paw.
Ellen and Norman Douglas are warming up the old soup. Is
But there is strength in numbers and at noon hour Emily found herself standing alone on the playground facing a crowd of unfriendly faces. Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the...
But the summer had been a very happy one, too -- a time of glad living with summer suns and skies, a time of keen delight in wholesome things; a time of renewing and deepening of old friendships; a ti...
Besides, I've been feeling a little blue — just a pale, elusive azure. It isn't serious enough for anything darker.
As they dashed into the kitchen the light seemed to vanish, as if blown out by some mighty breath; the awful cloud rolled over the sun and a darkness as of late twilight fell across the world.
Anne laughed.I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.
You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.
Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of co...
I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
What perverted shapes thwarted love can take.