A sea-gull planed its way down to the water on curving, outstretched wings. The salt air blew coolly on her flushed cheeks, and she smiled to herself in her happiness.

Can one be really happy at some one else’s expense?

I’m sorry... but it’s true – you can’t live other people’s lives for them. Go home and make something worth while of your own.

I am perfectly well and happy here... All I want is to be left alone to live my life as I wish and not as other people think best for themselves.

Real love isn’t blind, it sees everything and has an endless capacity for forgiving.

Knowledge and book learning are not wisdom," said the captain."Is this book wisdom?" asked Lucy, putting the manuscript back on the table."It has some elements of wisdom in it, me dear," replied the captain. "I did not lead a very wise life myself but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come to age very often through shipwreck and disaster, and at the heart of the whirlpool some men find God.