Lauren

“You musn't talk of a young lady *belonging* to anybody, as if she was a piece of furniture, or money in the Three per Cent, or something of that sort.”
― Wilkie Collins, Hide And Seek

“Would you like an adventure now,” he said casually to John, “or would you like to have your tea first?”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy

“It was because I heard father and mother,' he explained in a low voice, 'talking about what I was to be when I became a man.' He was extraordinarily agitated now. 'I don't want ever to be a man,' he said with passion. 'I want always to be a little boy and to have fun.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy

“It’s concerning you both; for doesn’t it seem odd that Gowing’s always coming and Cummings’ always going?” ”
― George Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody