“She was not like Mary’s daughter at all; she was more like Susan his wife. He looked at her, searching her face, wondering if she was happy (how could she be happy with that woman in her mother’s place), wondering… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“I can’t be doing with people that are not exactly what they seem.’ Mamie was” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“We agree that it is too late to think of visiting Cousin Ellen today – in fact if we do not hurry home we… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“Spend the afternoon with Miss H. looking over Bryan’s school clothes, and compile a large list of what he requires, which will probably have… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“Some people’s elegance was only skin-deep, scrape off a little bit of the veneer and you got the real wood—common” — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“Why do I always want to appear more clever than I really am when Nora is anywhere about? Am much distressed at this discovery,… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
To have all my dear ones together under one roof - that is all I ask of life. — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
Prayer did not come easily to me for I always feel that prayer is a silent things, and opening of the heart. To ask… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“In the course of my wanderings I have started life anew in many places, and in every place the same thing happens: at first… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
It is curious, isn't it, that things you know well never look dirty and dilapidated-other people's old furniture looks shabby and moth-eaten. “I would… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“Anne could not explain. It was always difficult for Anne to explain things even when they were clear to herself, and in this case… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“As long as skies are blue and fields are green Evening must usher night, night urge the morrow, Month follow month with woe, and… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“What fools the public were! They were exactly like sheep…thought Mr. Abbott sleepily…following each other’s lead, neglecting one book and buying another just because… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
“but she told Aunt Bella everything else, and Aunt Bella listened enthralled. She nodded and sighed and asked the right questions in the right… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
One need never be dull as long as one has friends to help, gardens to enjoy and books in the long winter evenings. — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
There is something very appealing about a room which one occupied as a child; it brings back one's childhood more vividly than anything else… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share
