“Love is all right, as things go, but lovers can be a terrible waste of a girl's time.”

“But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time.”

“All really interesting girls invent themselves.”

“Henry was thinking of the younger Holland sister of the way she could go from being an impetuous girl to a knowing woman in a few seconds and never lose the stars in her eyes.”

“Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.”

“Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.”

“Don't go looking for boys in the darkThey will say pretty things thenleave you with scars.Do go looking for boys in the parkFor that is where the true gentlemen are.”