CornishBluePixie

And he’s ready with his gun.”

"Marley dies, and here’s you with your books and your maps and your questions, but girls like me are found dead every day and who cares? I’ve no cause to believe or trust the law.”

"Fame, notoriety, revenge – we all know why she’s doing this”

“Watch and learn Gertrude, watch and learn”

"I didn’t know what my future was but I knew that I had one. Being a servant was just the beginning because I am Hetty Feather and I will keep on writing as my story unfolds”

"I expect you’ll want to become a school master sir, That’s what most of the gentlemen do that get sent down for indecent behaviour”

"Barely even friends, then somebody bends unexpectedly.”

"That’s what we are as far as you’re concerned; foreigners. The Germans are the ones who have the right to be here and we’re the ones who have to bow and bloody scrape.”

"And I am only a daughter. Which means I am nothing more than a piece of property. Nothing compared to the loss of your name or family:"

"The things I did in Africa make your transactions look paltry. I witnessed and participated in darkness that you cannot conceive.”

"When a man writes something it’s what he’s written that’s judged. When a woman writes something it’s her that’s judged.”

"It’s true your education may be lacking in some areas, but you have a natural dignity that cannot be learnt.”

"My name is Anne Shirley Cuthbert and please be sure to spell Anne with an ‘e’.”

"I loved my quiet, reliable farmer – then out stepped Heathcliff"

"Try and remember that sometimes it’s nice to meet people who don’t know your auntie"

"For better, for worse, the crown has landed on my head”

“I’m more of a chaser, really."