"Lillian had a bit more life about her—with her lovely slanting eyes, like a cat, and the feeling you got that secretly she was laughing at everything as if she knew what a piece of nonsense the world was." Chapter Two, p. 67, n. ii.

"If you blinked you'd almost think there was two of me." Chapter Three, p. 73.

"Business as Usual. Bombed but not Beaten." Chapter Three, p. 93. n. iii.

"Our childhood is over, yet we're still waiting for it to begin." Chapter Six, p. 166.

"Just get her, Ruby, don't be clever." They really don't want me to be clever, do they?" Chapter Seven, p. 187.

"I'm waiting for Bunty to say something like 'I told you to be more careful!' but to my surprise she says nothing at all and pulls me towards her, wrapping me in the shelter of her dressing-gowned arms and, for...