“The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.”

“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.”

“Good people were also capable of doing very bad things.”

“Americans were most likely good people...the only thing wrong with them, David thought, was that they spoke English very badly.”

“Be nice. Be good. Be happy. If people everywhere were to keep to this simple creed, there'd be few problems left in the world to fret about.”

“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”