“I don't like it, papa," she said. "But then I dare say soldiers - even brave ones - don't really like going into battle.”
“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. ”
“Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end."Love is a battle?" said Franz. "Well, I don't feel at all like fighting." And he left.”
“It is our honor," Amelia said, and it was the weirdest thing-it sounded like she really meant it. People don't often say exactly what they really mean.”
“All of the sudden," he said, "I feel different-- not like I ever felt before. Even when Papa died I didn't feel this way. In two days everything is changed. I'm lonely and I don't now what I'm lonely for”
“I am sorry," Will said."No," Jem said... "Don't be ordinary like that. Don't say you're sorry.”