Laura

“There used to be two of us always on the look-out for life, talking to Miss Blossom at night, wondering, hoping; two Bronte-Jane Austen girls, poor but spirited, two Girls of Godsend Castle.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“All of a sudden we saw a high, round tower in the distance, on a little hill. Father instantly decided that we must explore it, though mother wasn't enthusiastic. It was difficult to find because the little roads twisted and woods and villages kept hiding it from us, but every few minutes we caught a glimpse of it.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy.
'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“She will want things to stay just as they are. She will never have the fun of hoping something wonderful and exiting may be just around the corner.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle