Maud Hart Lovelace quotes

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 going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat. (Maud Hart Lovelace)
It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
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 the writing on them will be. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
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 little yellow cottage more than she loved any place on earth. but she was through with it except in her memories. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
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? View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace
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 whether they're going to ask you to something or other. It's a strain. (Maud Hart Lovelace)
Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect. View quote
Maud Hart Lovelace