“It was not heartbroken rage against injustice that froze me. I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair.”

“I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair.”

“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go to those who invent ingenious justifications for inequality, the punishments to those who try to remedy it.”

“And now...farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude. I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.”

“Principal Colby puts the tiara on Margo's head.She's surprised by the weight.Obviously the rhinestones wouldn't be diamonds, but Margo had always assumed the tiara would be metal.It isn't.It is plastic.”

“I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.”