“Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett's regime appeared to believe. They mean self-discipline and thought for others, and my children have got to learn them.” — 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… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“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… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“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
