"To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small medieval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let Furnished for the month of April. Necessary servants remain" (pg. 1.)

"Why couldn't two unhappy people refresh each other on their way through this dusty business of life by a little talk - real, natural talk, about what they felt, what they would have liked, what they still tried to hope?" (pg. 8.)

"For neither had [Mrs. Arbuthnot] had a holiday for years, and the advertisement when she saw it had set her dreaming, and Mrs. Wilkins' excitement about it was infections, and she had the sensation, as she listened to her impetuous, odd talk and watched her lit-up face, that she was being stirred out of sleep" (pg. 13.)

"No doubt a trip to Italy would be extraordinarily delightful, but there were many delightful things one would like to do...