Funny / Betsy-Tacy

• Lovelace's writing style is in the third-person, but occasionally adds in a snark or two here or there. A example being:
  "Julia actually liked the baby. You could tell that she did. She "Oh-ed" and she "Ah-ed"...Julia never did have much sense."
• This line about Margaret's lack of a discernible hobby:
  “People were always saying to Margaret, ‘Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?’ Margaret would smile politely, for she was very polite, but privately she stormed to Betsy with flashing eyes, ‘I’m not going to do anything. I want to just live. Can’t people just live?”
• Julia turns down her first proposal from Harry after she realizes she wants to go and study opera. This exchange afterwards is great:
  "Poor Harry!" mourned Betsy. "Did he feel badly, Julia? I hope you were kind to him."
  "Oh, I was lovely," said Julia, and went out of the room singing, "Mi chiamano, Mimi".
  "We all know your name is Lucia!" Betsy called after her. "What we want to know is how poor Harry felt."