I took the red dress down and put it against myself. 'Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?' I said.

I long to be ... Like Other People! The extraordinary, ungetatable, oddly cruel Other People, with their way of wantonly hurting and then accusing you of being thin-skinned, sulky, vindictive or ridiculous.

Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon.

They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.

Have all beautiful things sad destinies?

There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.

It's so easy to make a person who hasn't got anything seem wrong.