All Maud Hart Lovelace Quotes
- Do you girls have hope chests?' Lloyd asked. We certainly do.' I don't,' said Betsy. 'My husband and I are going to use paper plates… Asked
- People were always saying to Margaret, 'Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?' Margaret would smile politely, for… Always Saying
- She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of… Alone
- And yet, even as she spoke, she knew that she did not wish to come back. not to stay, not to live. She loved the… Any
- When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they like another girl better, and… Another Girl
- The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance. Depth
- One strain could call up the quivering expectancy of Christmas Eve, childhood, joy and sadness, the lonely wonder of a star Call
- We'll just have to find more flowers in the spring. That's when they bloom, tra la. Bloom
- Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect. Good
- Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what… Begin
- You have two numbers in your age when you are ten. It's the beginning of growing up. Age
- You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say. Guide
- Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then… Believe
- It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. Gold
- In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God. God
- I'm finished with something, but I'm not beginning anything. That's wrong. When you finish something, you ought always to begin something new. Begin
- She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be… Act
- Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again. Betsy
- Come in early, so there'll be time to pop corn,' Mrs. Ray said. If she mentioned popping corn, they always came in early. So she… Always Came
- The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright. Bright
- Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be? Always Like
- Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe. Betsy
- The most important part of religion isn't in any church. It's down in your own heart. Religion is in your thoughts, and in the way… Act