“She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.”

“Being constantly with the children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.”

“A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world”

“she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?”

“To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world.”

“She walks like a ballerina in dance slippers, her feet as articulate as hands, a little vessel of grace moving out into the fog.”

“Audrey gave more than she ever got. The whole world is going to miss her.”

“Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.”

“It's a sad day when Myrnin is the safe choice, she thought. Apparently, he thought so, too, because he gave her a long, troubled look before pressing his thumb to a glass plate inside the room and opening the door.”

“It was something like love
From another world that seized her
From behind, and she gave, not lifting her head
Out of dew, without ever looking, her best
Self to that great need.”