“Never ever tickle anyone, who happens to be ticklish and holding a knife.Foolish accidents not only, may occure,but will occure and you'll regret itfor the rest of your life.”

“World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings.”

“Keep track of your soul, Madison. Never compromise. Or you'll live the rest of your life regretting it--until it consumes you.”

“And this is the truth. Because I may be only eighteen, but it already seems pretty obvious that the world is divided into two groups: the doers and the watchers. The people things happen to and the rest of us, who just sort of plod on with things. The Lulus and the Allysons. It never occurred to me that by pretending to be Lulu, I might slip into that other column, even for just a day.”

“Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.”

“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”