Every one regards his duty as a troublesome master from whom he would like to be free.

- Mazo De La Roche

My Scottie refused to go for a walk with a friend of the house, but she would joyously accompany any stranger who drove a car.

- Mazo De La Roche

The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.

- Mazo De La Roche

a church is an interesting place once you get the parson and the people out of it. Real music can get in then, and a real God! Nothing flibertigibbet…

- Mazo De La Roche

She never sat down in a car but stood, braced tense, facing the wind. Now and again she would turn her face toward me with an apologetic expression a…

- Mazo De La Roche