“I don't agree with you in the least," said Temple "about marriage, I mean. A man ought to want to get married""To anybody? Without its being anybody in particular?""Yes," said Temple stoutly. "If h...”

“Robert explained how much simpler it was to pay money for things than to exchange them as the people were doing in the market. Later on the soldier gave the coins to his captain, who, later still, ...”

“It wouldn't do to go mixing up the present and the past, and cutting bits out of one to fit into the other.”

“She had been to her Great-Aunt Willoughbys before, and she knew exactly what to expect. She would be asked about her lessons, and how many marks she had, and whether she had been a good girl. I can...”

“It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done.”

“Boys and girls are only little men and women. And WE are much harder and hardier than they are--" (Peter liked the "we." Perhaps the Doctor had known he would.)--"and much stronger, and things that...”

“Im a dot in the grand scheme of things. I dont matter, not even to the other dots.”

“Music is a writer's heartbeat.”

“Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”