" You're going to be a writer," he repeated, "and you need more education. That's plain. But college isn't the only place to get an education. I have a 'snoggestion.'" That was what Mr. Ray always called a particularly good suggestion. "I've sounded Mamma out and she approves. How would you like a year abroad? "
― Maud Hart Lovelace , Betsy and the Great World (Betsy-Tacy, #9)