In all my longing for a family and a home, I'd never quite been able to decide what they should have looked like. But this house looks and feels so right, so perfect, it seems impossible any other place would suit me half so well.

“Good Morning," she said."We all have our own opinions about that, Mrs. Rayne.”

“Babies were dangerous . . .they made you fall in love before you knewwhat was h…”

“I was ripe ten years ago. Now I’m merely preserved, and before long I’ll be bur…”

“I want you to admit just once what you feelfor me. I want to know if you'll mis…”