Anne, are you killed?' shrieked Diana, throwing herself on her knees beside her friend. 'Oh, Anne, dear Anne, speak just one word to me and tell me if you're killed.

Mrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didn’t mean to be wicked. It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?

I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then.

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.

She asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can't tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.

A good laugh is as good as a prayer sometimes.