A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things.

I never listen to what people tell me and I can't read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way I feel about things. If I feel bad, it's wrong. If I feel good, it's right.

New York! I've always wanted to see it and now I've see it. It's true what they say-- it's the most wonderful city in the world.

I'll not punish you for having an imagination.

Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than to just be... safe. At least she knows she's living.

I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable.

She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, "You have a bad case, a very bad case." "Of what?" "Growing up.