--- title: "7 Diana Quotes By Anna Godbersen" description: "7 Diana quotes by Anna Godbersen. Plus more from Anna Godbersen and more Diana sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/anna-godbersen-3633_beach_good-night-diana-summoned-all-the-dignit_129340.jpg" --- > [Good night.' Diana summoned all the dignity that she could manage in her bedraggled state and began to move back up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/good-night-diana-summoned-all-the-dignity-that-she-could-manage-in/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/anna-godbersen-3633_beach_good-night-diana-summoned-all-the-dignit_129340.jpg) > [“Recurrent memories of Henry Schoonmaker were the most exciting thing to happen in her conscious mind these days.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/recurrent-memories-of-henry-schoonmaker-were-the-most-exciting-thing/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/anna-godbersen-3633_conscious-mind_recurrent-memories-of-henry-schoonmaker_936217.png) > [Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/henry-turned-his-hat-in-his-hands-but-went-on-looking-at-diana-in-a/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/anna-godbersen-3633_arms_henry-turned-his-hat-in-his-hands-but-we_2128084.png) > [That was how the heroine of a book would play it and Diana was still writing her own story the best heroines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/that-was-how-the-heroine-of-a-book-would-play-it-and-diana-was-still/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/anna-godbersen-3633_book_that-was-how-the-heroine-of-a-book-would_2257008.png) > [Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/ah-well-that-i-can-t-tell-you-diana-ducked-her-head-so-that-the-brim/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/anna-godbersen-3633_bonnets_ah-well-that-i-can-t-tell-you-diana-duck_2679015.png) > [Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/diana-felt-she-was-beginning-to-understand-why-in-all-those-novels/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/anna-godbersen-3633_books_diana-felt-she-was-beginning-to-understa_3019552.png) > [Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/diana-knew-it-wouldn-t-be-right-but-then-she-told-herself-that-things/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/anna-godbersen-3633_diana_diana-knew-it-wouldn-t-be-right-but-then_3118590.png) ## Other authors on Diana ## More by Anna Godbersen > [The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret kept can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/the-value-of-secrets-is-ever-fluctuating-although-ladies-who-have/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [It is a fact of big cities that one girl's darkest how is always another's moment of shining triumph, and New York is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/it-is-a-fact-of-big-cities-that-one-girl-s-darkest-how-is-always/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [“What a privilege it is to live now, at just this moment, and to be able to go anywhere…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/what-a-privilege-it-is-to-live-now-at-just-this-moment-and-to-be-able/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [“It was like the color of his eyes, she supposed - not quite one shade or another, and utterly unlike anyone else's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/it-was-like-the-color-of-his-eyes-she-supposed-not-quite-one-shade-or/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [Good night.' Diana summoned all the dignity that she could manage in her bedraggled state and began to move back up the beach. Her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/good-night-diana-summoned-all-the-dignity-that-she-could-manage-in/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledge-that-there-will-always-be-a/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/in-new-york-there-is-always-something-to-look-at-but-it-is-all/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [Henry was thinking of the younger Holland sister of the way she could go from being an impetuous girl to a knowing woman in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/henry-was-thinking-of-the-younger-holland-sister-of-the-way-she-could/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/the-first-stab-of-love-is-like-a-sunset-a-blaze-of-color-oranges/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [Living too much in one's head can be dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/living-too-much-in-one-s-head-can-be-dangerous/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [“A veces los finales son en realidad comienzos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/a-veces-los-finales-son-en-realidad-comienzos/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/girls-their-mother-interjected-you-must-both-stop-being-strange-it-is/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [“It is often advantageous to forget. Forget your wincing humiliations, forget life's blows, and get on. For blocks in every direction, down every street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/it-is-often-advantageous-to-forget-forget-your-wincing-humiliations/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/they-were-a-society-whose-chief-vocations-were-to-entertain-and-be/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) > [But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/but-in-that-moment-she-realized-how-false-most-smiles-were-and-what-a/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diana/anna-godbersen/#itemlist", "name": "7 Diana Quotes By Anna Godbersen", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Good night.' 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