Maud Hart Lovelace
Maud isn't one of the most known author is the world, but if you like classics you might of heard of the Betsy-Tacy series. The books lead you through Besty and Tacy's life from when they first met to when Besty is finally marrieed to her true love Joe Willard.
“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
“Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Tacy go Downtown
“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
“Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then that one kiss you, when it didn't mean a thing. But it was wonderful when Joe Willard kissed her. And it did mean a thing.”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Joe
“This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly meant to belong to Betsy and Tacy, for it fitted them so snugly.”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy
going to do anything. I want to just live. Can't people just live?”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Joe
“Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Tacy go Downtown
“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
“Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then that one kiss you, when it didn't mean a thing. But it was wonderful when Joe Willard kissed her. And it did mean a thing.”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy and Joe
“This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly meant to belong to Betsy and Tacy, for it fitted them so snugly.”
~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy