To do anything THEY have never done is anathema maranatha.

You are the first Avonlea girl who has ever gone to college; and you know that all pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness." "Oh, I know.

But FEELING is so different from KNOWING.

My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me.

Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.