What a comfort one familiar face is in a howling wilderness of strangers! - Lucy Maud Montgomery

But feeling is so different from knowing. My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me. Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.

Life had taught her to be brave, to be patient, to love, to forgive.

I like wind, he said. A day when there is no wind seems to me dead. A windy day wakes me up. He gave a conscious laugh. On a calm day I fall into day dreams. No doubt you know my reputation, Miss West. If I cut you dead the next time we meet don't put it down to bad manners. Please understand that it is only abstraction and forgive me—and speak to me.