Anna Godbersen Quotes

Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with him anyway?""If you are so determined to bore me, I may just have to go home." Astrid sighed carelessly, "What a shame, when I am wearing such a pretty dress.

I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.

Slowly the sky turned from the color of cornflower to that of hyacinth, and the Ferris wheel at Coney Island appeared like a ring of diamonds against the twilight. New York-that city made of canyons between tall buildings, and ornate houses filled with glittering things that might trap a girl forever-was nothing more than a few dots on an infinite landscape. The atmosphere was crystalline and afforded her a perfect view. Only from this place was she able to see how limited the city was, after everything, and how wide open the world could all of a sudden become.

One did not win by throwing temper tantrums.

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

It was like the color of his eyes, she supposed - not quite one shade or another, and utterly unlike anyone else's.

Henry wondered not for the first time if her blood ran red or black.

Henry closed his eyes and imagined the sweet petulant woundedness with which she had stared at him on the beach. He felt a little proud that she could love him.