Anne

“but we thought perhaps the G. B.—it is short for Generous Benefactor—would not like it if there were so many of us. I have often noticed that it is the worst of our being six—people think six a great many, when it’s children. That sentence looks wrong somehow. I mean they don’t mind six pairs of boots, or six pounds of apples, or six oranges, especially in equations, but they seem to think you ought not to have five brothers and sisters.”
― Edith Nesbit, The Story of the Treasure Seekers

“And Dora is right sometimes, though she is our elder sister.”
― Edith Nesbit, The Story of the Treasure Seekers

“You should do what's right in this world, not just what's fashionable.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril

“Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it?"
"No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men