Rebellion flamed up in her soul as the dark hours passed by – not because she had no future but because she had no past.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

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

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant.

If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery

I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.

It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Outer gavels can't crush you when your inner judge is love.

We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law.

When you discover the difference between consciousness and the brain, you will discover yourself.

I don't go through life verbalizing what I feel.

I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.

Leo couldn't help smiling. "That could be fun." "Fun" she said unhappily. "Blue elephants." "Blue elephants." "Kiss me you fool." "You fool.

I have a healthy sense of vanity. I like to look good for myself, which is what a lot of women say. I want to stay fit.