It's one of the great and awful and mysterious truths of life that the same things don't happen the same way twice.Narrator
We might have been burglars, which is not an honest profession, but we were not exactly untruthful.The Bastable children
And I think one of the most stirring and haunting things in the world is the noise wheels make on a gravel drive.Narrator
There weren't any windows in the shed, but a wooden board was out at one end near the top, and we took it in turns to look through.Narrator
It's very difficult not to be conceited when you are as beautiful as I am.Alice Bastable
And then Oswald said, 'Courage, comrades!', but we felt very sorry for him all the same.Narrator
We never dig up anything but Roman Remains, and they are almost always valueless.The Bastable children
We have always been told that if you are naughty you don't get what you want: but he had been naughty, and he had got exactly what he wanted.Narrator
When we do dig up anything we go and bury it somewhere else.The Bastable children
There are some things that are more romantic left unsaid.Narrator