"She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat."
— Maud Hart Lovelace (Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown)

"People were always saying to Margaret, "Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?" Margaret would smile politely, for she was very polite, but privately she stormed to Betsy with flashing eyes, "I'm not going to do anything. I want to just live. Can't people just live?""
— Maud Hart Lovelace (Betsy and Joe)

"'Do you girls have hope chests?' Lloyd asked.
'We certainly do.'
'I don't,' said Betsy. 'My husband and I are going to use paper plates and napkins.'
'Poor Joe!'
'Lucky Larry!'"
— Maud Hart Lovelace (The Betsy-Tacy Treasury)

"And yet, even as she spoke, she knew that she did not wish to come back. not to stay, not to live. She loved the little yellow cottage more than she loved any place on earth. but she was through with it except in her memories. "
— Maud Hart Lovelace (Heaven to Betsy)