“He's always had more than his fair share of what we call cheek and what Americans call can-do spirit.”

“In a good mood I call my hair Chestnut with Gold Glints. In a bad mood, I call it mousy brown”

“Have you ever noticed that when your mind is awakened or drawn to someone new, that person's name suddenly pops up everywhere you go? My friend Sophie calls it coincidence, and Mr. Simpless, my parson friend, calls it Grace. He thinks that if one cares deeply about someone or something new one throws a kind of energy out into the world, and "fruitfulness" is drawn in. ”

“Because there is nothing I would rather do than rummage through bookshops, I went at once to Hastings & Sons Bookshop upon receiving your letter. I have gone to them for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn't known I wanted.”

“Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”

“‎What a blight that woman is. Do you happen to know why? I lean toward a malignant fairy at her christening.”

“I suppose I do have a suitor, but I'm not really used to him yet. He's terribly charming and he plies me with delicious meals, but I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me.”