Nobody really wants us. So let us watch and say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt.

The door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.

She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Will they reach the nursery in time? If so, how delightful for them, and we shall all breathe a sigh of relief, but there will be no story. On the other hand, if they are not in time, I solemnly promise that it will all come right in the end.

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.