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Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: That he should actually let her That he should actually let her
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Am one of the ugliest children I ever saw. She is beginning Am one of the ugliest children I ever saw. She is beginning
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Had an active social life and enjoyed telling stories Had an active social life and enjoyed telling stories
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: that the servant who stood by her bedside that the servant who stood by her bedside
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Poor little thin, sallow, ugly Mary - she actually looked almost pretty for a moment. Poor little thin, sallow, ugly Mary - she actually looked almost pretty for a moment.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: All women are princesses , it is our right. All women are princesses , it is our right.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Pig! Pig! Daughter of Pigs! she said, because to call a native a pig is the worst insult of all. Pig! Pig! Daughter of Pigs! she said, because to call a native a pig is the worst insult of all.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: in a still, delicious room, with the summer morning sunshine in a still, delicious room, with the summer morning sunshine
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Tom's Cabin, and she spent many hours acting out Tom's Cabin, and she spent many hours acting out
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: She had begun to wonder why she had never seemed to belong to anyone She had begun to wonder why she had never seemed to belong to anyone
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: The very fact that she never made an impudent answer seemed to Miss Minchin a kind of impudence in itself. The very fact that she never made an impudent answer seemed to Miss Minchin a kind of impudence in itself.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: There doesn't seem to be no need for no one to be contrary when there's flowers an' such like, There doesn't seem to be no need for no one to be contrary when there's flowers an' such like,
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: A body 'as to move gentle an' speak low when wild things is about. A body 'as to move gentle an' speak low when wild things is about.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Children's as good as 'rithmetic to set you findin' out things. Children's as good as 'rithmetic to set you findin' out things.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into wrongs sometimes. (from Behind the White Brick) Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into wrongs sometimes.
(from Behind the White Brick)
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: There is nothing so nice as supposing. It's almost like being a fairy. If you suppose anything hard enough it seems as if it were real. There is nothing so nice as supposing. It's almost like being a fairy. If you suppose anything hard enough it seems as if it were real.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: When people had the cholera it seemed that they remembered nothing but themselves. When people had the cholera it seemed that they remembered nothing but themselves.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend. I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: She IS too fat," said Lavinia. "And Sara is too thin. She IS too fat," said Lavinia. "And Sara is too thin.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: The mere fact of her sufferings and adventures made her a priceless possession. The mere fact of her sufferings and adventures made her a priceless possession.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: As the plans of march made by great generals in As the plans of march made by great generals in
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Perhaps it is the key to the garden! Perhaps it is the key to the garden!
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: He's been spoiled 'til salt won't save him. He's been spoiled 'til salt won't save him.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: She had never seen a child who sat so still without doing anything; She had never seen a child who sat so still without doing anything;
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Perhaps, the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. Perhaps, the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Sara saw that privately she could not help hoping very much that they would all be black, and would wear turbans, Sara saw that privately she could not help hoping very much that they would all be black, and would wear turbans,
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Perhaps when her eyes closed the sultriness of the night had changed to the momentary freshness of the turning dawn, Perhaps when her eyes closed the sultriness of the night had changed to the momentary freshness of the turning dawn,
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Mistress Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With Silver Bells, and Cockle Shells,And marigolds all in a row. Mistress Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With Silver Bells, and Cockle Shells,
And marigolds all in a row.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: So taking it, she stood among the dried, withered things and looked in tender regret at them. So taking it, she stood among the dried, withered things and looked in tender regret at them.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Whole monstrosity growing more huge and throwing out new and more awful tentacles every day. Whole monstrosity growing more huge and throwing out new and more awful tentacles every day.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: What you have to do with your mind, when your body is miserable, is to make it think of something else. What you have to do with your mind, when your body is miserable, is to make it think of something else.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: And her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties. And her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: How does thee like thyself? How does thee like thyself?
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind. She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Perhaps," she said, "to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people. Perhaps," she said, "to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Why, we are just the same - I am only a little girl like you. It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me! Why, we are just the same - I am only a little girl like you. It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden. I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen. Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I'm growing fatter," said Mary, I'm growing fatter," said Mary,
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: The worst thing never quite comes. The worst thing never quite comes.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: The paths and down the avenue, she was stirring her slow blood and making herself stronger The paths and down the avenue, she was stirring her slow blood and making herself stronger
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Th' world's full o' jackasses brayin' an' they never bray nowt but lies. Th' world's full o' jackasses brayin' an' they never bray nowt but lies.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: bein' on th' stepladder lookin, over th' wall. But I'll tell bein' on th' stepladder lookin, over th' wall. But I'll tell
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: There was a clean fresh scent of heather and grass and leaves about him, almost as if he were made of them. There was a clean fresh scent of heather and grass and leaves about him, almost as if he were made of them.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth? Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: So long as I know what's expected of me, I can manage. So long as I know what's expected of me, I can manage.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: He had made himself believe that he was going to get well, which was really more than half the battle. He had made himself believe that he was going to get well, which was really more than half the battle.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: There was something friendly about Sara, and people always felt it. There was something friendly about Sara, and people always felt it.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I dare say you could live without me, Sara; but I couldn't live without you. I was nearly dead. I dare say you could live without me, Sara; but I couldn't live without you. I was nearly dead.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Only in dreams of springShall I ever see againThe flowering of my cherry trees. Only in dreams of spring
Shall I ever see again
The flowering of my cherry trees.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Overcrowding and poverty, that "defied description", as Overcrowding and poverty, that "defied description", as
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Magic is in her just as it is in Dickon," said Colin. "It makes her think of ways to do things - nice things. Magic is in her just as it is in Dickon," said Colin. "It makes her think of ways to do things - nice things.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine, and things pushing up and working under the earth, It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine, and things pushing up and working under the earth,
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I don't know what it is to be hungry, I don't know what it is to be hungry,
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: her chest began to rise and fall with a quickening of her breath, and her breath quickened because her heart fluttered - as if with her haste. her chest began to rise and fall with a quickening of her breath, and her breath quickened because her heart fluttered - as if with her haste.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: One marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all the world was purple shadow and silver. One marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all the world was purple shadow and silver.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: It's so easy that when you begin you can't stop. You just go on and on doing it always. It's so easy that when you begin you can't stop. You just go on and on doing it always.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Whatever comes cannot alter one thing. Whatever comes cannot alter one thing.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'. However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: A person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone. A person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Two lads an' a little lass just lookin' on at th' springtime. I warrant it'd be better than doctor's stuff. Two lads an' a little lass just lookin' on at th' springtime. I warrant it'd be better than doctor's stuff.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Victorian and touchingly respectable. "I have been crying," confessed Lady Agatha. "I was afraid so, Lady Agatha," said Emily. Victorian and touchingly respectable. "I have been crying," confessed Lady Agatha. "I was afraid so, Lady Agatha," said Emily.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before. It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: They're a pair of young Satans. They're a pair of young Satans.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Dickon says anything will understand if you're friends with it for sure, but you have to be friends for sure. Dickon says anything will understand if you're friends with it for sure, but you have to be friends for sure.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive. As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: you are going to be sent home....I 'm glad of it but where's HOME ? you are going to be sent home....
I 'm glad of it
but where's HOME ?
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: stories belong to everybody. stories belong to everybody.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man. The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it. But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I know what it is to be hungry, and it is very hard when one cannot even pretend it away. -Sara I know what it is to be hungry, and it is very hard when one cannot even pretend it away. -Sara
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Into a passion and beat and kicked her, she looked only Into a passion and beat and kicked her, she looked only
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Color of gold. I have short black hair and green eyes; Color of gold. I have short black hair and green eyes;
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Death is always sudden however long one waits. Death is always sudden however long one waits.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: We trifle with France and labour with Germany, we sentimentalize over Italy and ecstacise over Spain- but England we love. We trifle with France and labour with Germany, we sentimentalize over Italy and ecstacise over Spain- but England we love.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Don't let us make it tidy," said Mary anxiously. "It wouldn't seem like a secret garden if it was tidy. Don't let us make it tidy," said Mary anxiously. "It wouldn't seem like a secret garden if it was tidy.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?" ... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine ... Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?" ...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Them as is not wanted scarce ever thrives. Them as is not wanted scarce ever thrives.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: alcoves, and once or twice he sat down alcoves, and once or twice he sat down
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season if you're too curious. You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season if you're too curious.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I am going to," answered I am going to," answered
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics. You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are. Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: The air was full of spices... A Little Princess The air was full of spices... A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Little Princess Little Lord Little Princess Little Lord
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: It was a long corridor and it branched into other corridors and it led her up short flights of steps which mounted to others again. There It was a long corridor and it branched into other corridors and it led her up short flights of steps which mounted to others again. There
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: How dare you think? How dare you think?
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I won't have dull people, she used to say, I'm dull myself. I won't have dull people, she used to say, I'm dull myself.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself. She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: That afternoon the whole world seemed to devote itself to being perfect and radiantly beautiful and kind to one boy. That afternoon the whole world seemed to devote itself to being perfect and radiantly beautiful and kind to one boy.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Oh,Sara. It is like a story." "It is a story ... everything is a story. You are a story-I am a story. Miss Minchin is a story. Oh,Sara. It is like a story." "It is a story ... everything is a story. You are a story-I am a story. Miss Minchin is a story.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: There is naught a man or woman can not learn who hath the wit. There is naught a man or woman can not learn who hath the wit.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Things happen to people by accident. Things happen to people by accident.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: Soldiers don't complain ... I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war. Soldiers don't complain ... I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war.
Frances Hodgson Burnett quotes: To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body.

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