Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

— Anna Godbersen

Do not go looking for boys in the dark They will say pretty things then leave you with scars. Do go looking for boys in the park For that is where the true gentlemen are.

— Anna Godbersen

Don't go looking for boys in the dark They will say pretty things then leave you with scars. Do go looking for boys in the park For that is where the true gentlemen are.

— Anna Godbersen

Elizabeth who was only partially visible to her stared out the window very much awake as though she were contemplating the end of man.

— Anna Godbersen

Even when a girl is married she still never completely leaves her mother and father's home.

— Anna Godbersen

Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.

— Anna Godbersen

Girls took to dressing like boys, and though women had obtained the vote, we had swiftly moved on to pursuing flashier freedoms: necking in cars and smoking cigarettes and walking down city streets in flesh colored stockings.

— Anna Godbersen

Good girls hold their heads high by daylight, Their grace and their virtue soaring with kites, While bad girls slink along in their shame-Everyone stares at them, everyone blames. But those bad girls sleep soundly at night, Ne'er do their consciences wake them in a fright, While our good girls toss and they turn-They lay awake for those who will burn.

— Anna Godbersen

Good night.' Diana summoned all the dignity that she could manage in her bedraggled state and began to move back up the beach. Her dress was soaked, and her stockings dotted with sand and her heart couldn't possibly withstand anymore.

— Anna Godbersen

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.

— Anna Godbersen