I really wish she had a little more ambition.

She has no serious ideals at all--her sole aspiration seems to be to have a good time." "And why should she not have it, Mrs.Dr.dear ?" cried Susan, who could not bear to hear a single word against anyone of the Ingleside folk, even from one of themselves.

"A young girl should have a good time, and that I will maintain.

There will be time enough for her to think of Latin and Greek." "I should like to see a little sense of responsibility in her, Susan.
And you know yourself that she is abominably vain." "She has something to be vain about," retorted Susan.

"She is the prettiest girl in Glen St.Mary.Do you think that all those over-harbour MacAllisters and Crawfords and Elliotts could scare up a skin like Rilla's in four generations?
They could not.