“Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Don't let anything get in your way.”

“Dead mothers are rather fashionable these days. They lend such an attractive air of tragedy.”

“For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party.”

“…if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.”

“Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Don't let anything get in your way.”

“…she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.”

“Jocelyn’s stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.”

“Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that?”

“It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.”

“I’d venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes.”