“It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be forever regretting… — Jean Webster Copy Share
“You know, Daddy, I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It make them kind and sympathetic and understanding. It ought to be cultivated… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“Please be thinking about me. I'm quite lonely and I want to be thought about” — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but me has… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
... in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be, I'm also soberer. The fear that something may happen to you rests like a shadow on my heart. Always before I could be frivolous and carefree and unconcerned, because I had nothing precious to lose. But now -- I shall have a Great Big Worry all the… — Jean Webster Copy Share
“Do you want to know something? I have three pairs of kid gloves. I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“Her eyes wandered back to the campus again, and she suddenly grew sober as the thought swept over her that in a few weeks… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had thrown away your money for nothing. But what do you think? I woke up this morning with a beautiful new plot in my head, and I've been going about all day planning my characters, just as happy as… — Jean Webster Copy Share
“You remember that illuminated text over the dining-room door--"The Lord Will Provide." We've painted it out, and covered the spot with rabbits. It's all… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
