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

“Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself”

“I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.”

“Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.”

“... for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.”

“I could hear rain still pouring from the gutters and a thin branch scraping against one of the windows; but the church seemed completely cut off from the restless day outside--just as I felt cut off from the church. I thought: I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”

“All of a sudden we saw a high, round tower in the distance, on a little hill. Father instantly decided that we must explore it, though mother wasn't enthusiastic. It was difficult to find because the little roads twisted and woods and villages kept hiding it from us, but every few minutes we caught a glimpse of it.”