Good thing Quotes by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Burnett’s succinct, poetic voice highlights the gentle joys that often slip by unnoticed.

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There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in—that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your…

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Never thee stop believin' in th' Big Good Thing an' knowin' th' world's full of it - and call it what tha'…

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“When people are insulting you, there is nothing so good for them as not to say a word -- just to look…

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At that moment a very good thing was happening to her. Four good things had happened to her, in fact, since she…

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“When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to…

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When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to…

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“As to answering, though,” said Sara, trying to console herself, “I don’t answer very often. I never answer when I can help…

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“As to answering though, said Sara, trying to console herself, I don't answer very often. I never answer when I can help…

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“Whatever comes,” she said, “cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess…

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When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in…

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“What does it say?" asked my lord. "It says, 'Good-night, God keep you all the night!'--just what she used to say when we were…

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Somehow, something always happens just before things get to the very worst. It is as if Magic did it. If I could only just…

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“They were as real as Sara, and it was careless of them not to come out of the story shadowland and say, “Here I…

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“One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts- just mere thoughts- are as powerful as…

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“I've seen the spring now and I'm going to see the summer. I'm going to see everything grow here. I'm going to grow here…

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“If she had cried and sobbed and seemed frightened, Miss Minchin might almost have had more patience with her. She was a woman who…

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“I was thinking," she said. "Beg my pardon immediately," said Miss Minchin. "I will beg your pardon for laughing, if it was rude," said…

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“She said that perhaps it was not so easy to be very rich; that if any one had so many things always, one might…

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I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things…

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“You don't know that you are saying these things to a princess, and that if I chose I could wave my hand and order…

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“Well, it is. One of her 'pretends' is that she is a princess. She plays it all the time—even in school. She says it…

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“They know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage and they are not, and they…

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“Tom's Cabin, and she spent many hours acting out”

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... justice is mercy's highest self.

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