She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat.

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.

In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God.

Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what the writing on them will be.

The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright.

Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.

Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be?

I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger that capital 'W.

Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.

What day is it, ?” asked Pooh. “It’s today, ” squeaked Piglet.“My favorite day, ” said Pooh.

I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.

Our ideas of what our priorities are shift as we come face-to-face with some of the struggles.

The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface.

It doesn't take a year to sing a song. Takes a year for people to figure out how to market it.

Pretend that I ain't in fact/Coming off like a thin hat/Where strong wind at

Don't give up on the people you love. Your patient love and faithfulness may be exactly what they need to make a complete turnaround.

I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.

The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.

If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.