Quotes from Kate Douglas Wiggin

The brimming glass that overflows its own rim moistens the earth about it.

And all the bars at which we fret,   That seem to prison and control,   Are but the doors of daring set   Ajar before the soul.

The girl's eyes were soft and tender, and the heart within her stretched a little and grew - grew in sweetness and intuition and depth of feeling. It had looked into another heart, felt it beat, and heard it sigh; and that is how all hearts grow.

Father doesn't think very sudden, but he thinks awful strong.