""As a matter of fact," Lauren said acidly, "the entire future of western civilisation depends upon me making a smiley…"

"You told me I did a good job when I got back from Nebraska House," Kyle whined. "When you first got back, Kyle. Then …"

"I promised him I would bear it," she [Sara Crewe] said. "And I will. You have to bear things. Think what soldiers bea…"

"Sometimes I do pretend I am a princess. I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one."

"I know you by heart. You are inside my heart."

"What I believe about dolls," she [Sara Crewe] said, "is that they can do things they will not let us know about. Perh…"

"[W]e are just the same—I am only a little girl like you. It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

"Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed wh…"

"She was such a little girl that one did not expect to see such a look on her small face. It would have been an old lo…"

"I want her to look as if she wasn't a doll really," Sara said. "I want her to look as if she LISTENS when I talk to h…"