“Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness.”

“Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits just for the fun of it.--Laurie”

“Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?""Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, lookingmischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.”

“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”

“How beautiful that is!" said Laurie softly, for he was quick to see and feel beauty of any kind.”

“Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.”

“The story of his downfall is soon told; for it came, as so often happens, just when he felt unusually full of high hopes, good resolutions, and dreams of a better life.”