“Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.”

“Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return—that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness. For a moment I felt that I had discovered a great truth.”

“Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.”

“Wakings are the worst times - almost before my eyes are open a great weight seems to roll on to my heart.”

“Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance.”

“Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.”

“...With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.”