“We ought always to try to influence others for good.”

“Good night, belovedest. Your sleep will be sweet if there is any influences in the wishes of your own.”

“there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.”

“People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.”

“Oh, here we are at the bridge. I'm going to shut my eyes tight. I’m always afraid going over bridges. I can't help imagining that perhaps, just as we get to the middle, they'll crumple up like a jackknife and nip us. So I shut my eyes. But I always have to open them for all when I think we're getting near the middle. Because, you see, if the bridge did crumple up I'd want to see it crumple. What a jolly rumble it makes! I always like the rumble part of it. Isn't it splendid there are so many things to like in this world? There, we're over. Now I'll look back. Good night, dear Lake of Shining Waters. I always say good night to the things I love, just as I would to people. I think they like it. That water looks as if it was smiling at me.”

“Nathan always believed his wife was trying to poison him but he didn't seem to mind. He said it made life kind of exciting.”

“Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful…”