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"March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine."
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"And they left the mellow light of the dandelion wine and went upstairs to carry out the last few rituals of summer, for they felt that now the final day, the final night had come. As the day grew late they realized that for two or three nights now, porches had emptied early of their inhabitants. The air hard a different, drier smell and Grandma was talking of hot coffee instead of iced tea; the open, white-flutter-curtained windows were closing in the great bays; cold cuts were giving way to steamed beef. The mosquitos were gone from the porch, and surely when they abandoned the conflict the war with Time was really done, there was nothing for it but that humans also forsake the battleground."
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"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer."
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"That is one good thing about this world, there are always sure to be more springs."
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"Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond."
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"Summer is leaving silently. Much like a traveler approaching the end of an amazing journey."
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"Summer coming like a car from down the highway."
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"I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons."
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"Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods."
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"It is deep winter with shivering cold air, but my heart is dancing with joy and spring flowers."
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"Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye."
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"I don't believe Old Nick can be so very ugly,' said Aunt Jamesina reflectively. 'He wouldn't do so much harm if he was. I always think of him as a rather handsome gentleman."
Belief
"Jimmy Murray, you are an ass,' said Aunt Ruth, angrily.'Well, we're cousins,' agreed Cousin Jimmy pleasantly."
Humor
"I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
Life
"I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape.'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you."
Childhood
"I have got acquainted with Lofty John. Ilse is a great friend of his and often goes there to watch him working in his carpenter shop. He says he has made enough ladders to get to heaven without the priest but that is just his joke."
Relationship
"I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart."
Contentment
"Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul."
Mindset
"I feel as if something has been torn suddenly out of my life and left a terrible hole. I feel as if I couldn't be I - as if I must have changed into somebody else and couldn't get used to it. It gives me a horrible lonely, dazed, helpless feeling. It's good to see you again - it seems as if you were a sort of anchor for my drifting soul."
Loss
"Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all at once."
Life
"I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over it. I was alone but not lonely. I was a queen in halls of fancy."
Solitude
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