"To begin with, it had belonged to Janey's great-great-grandmother, so it was very old. Then it had belonged to Janey's mother."
Chap. 1, p. 9

"Now, if only Mom didn't look quite so sad, and if only she, Janey could go to a 'regular' school, the world wouldn't have much the matter with it, she thought."
Chap. 22, p. 23

"She was on her way to a fair with five cents of her very own in her pocket" It was a lovely world."
Chap. 4, p. 36

"Janey was lost in admiration of this abundance. Nowhere except in the pages of the Old Testament had she ever come upon such bounty."
Chap. 4, p. 41

"We've enough food in our stomachs, a little money in our purse, and a roof to go home to. I don't know when I've liked a place as well as this one."
Chap. 4, p. 57

"Because, beyond the slightest doubt, Janey knew...