“It was not a windy day, my hair always looks like that.”

“In a good mood I call my hair Chestnut with Gold Glints. In a bad mood, I call it mousy brown”

“Naturally curly hair is a curse, and don't ever let anyone tell you different.”

“All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot. ”

“I have seized the day, and the night too.”

“I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted.”

“He's always had more than his fair share of what we call cheek and what Americans call can-do spirit.”