She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it

All my life I've been lonely. I've been lonely at crowded parties. I've been lonely in the middle of kissing a girl and I've been lonely at camp with hundreds of fellows around. But now I'm not lonely any more.

Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.

It takes a lot of doing to die.

It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.

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.