Favorite Authors: British: Jane Austen, Jerome K. Jerome, Arthur Ransome, Miss Read, Patricia St. John, Anthony Trollope... American: Louisa Alcott, Emily Kimbrough, Laura Ingalls Wilder... And ever so many others, but not necessarily every book by any given author.

Favorite Quotes: "As a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says 'I was only joking'." "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer." "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding; in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." "Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'" "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." "God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." "This is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him." And many, many more!