Quotes by Annie S. Swan

“Then the blundering Richard proceeded to make matters worse, although he only gave expression to a very genuine feeling. “I say, how awfully jolly if you had been a man; then we could have gone together.”

“Love beautifies and invests its object with a thousand nameless graces unrevealed to the indifferent eye.”

“Tell me about it—every single, solitary thing, and then I’ll tell you how glad I am,” said Mary Powell, quietly, though her colour had brightened, and her eyes were shining. “That’s just what I’ve been longing to do all day,” responded Mr. Heath, and thereupon laid the facts before his friend. “But the condition—it’s so absurd, I can hardly tell it to you,” he added in conclusion. “Oh, do! You mustn’t keep anything back,” she said, with a smile of amused interest.”