“What a pity every child couldn’t learn to read under a willow tree…”
— Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
“If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.”
—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
“I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
—Jo March, from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
