“The only thing you can be sure of in this world is the multiplication table.”

“Welcome, Anne. I thought you'd come today. You belong to the afternoon so it brought you. Things that belong together are sure to come together. What a lot of trouble that would save some people if they only knew it. But they don't...and so they waste beautiful energy moving heaven and earth to bring things together that don't belong.”

“The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world.”

“You are the only person who loves me in the world," said Elizabeth. "When you talk to me I smell violets.”

“You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.”

“How sympathetic you look, Anne…as sympathetic as only seventeen can look.”

“In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you”