“Mother says as th' two worst things as can happen to a child is never have his own way-- or always to… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties. — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people.… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
If Sara had been a boy and lived a few centuries ago, her father used to say, 'she would have gone about… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father, Captain Crewe. She was thinking… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“Do you love your father more than anything else in all the whole world?” Ermengarde’s mouth fell open a little. She knew… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“The same day, he took Sara out and bought her a great many beautiful clothes—clothes so grand and rich that only a… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for "the place," as she always called it.… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important. — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“She had seen other children go away, and had heard their fathers and mothers talk about the letters they received from them.… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“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… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Somehow, something always happens just before things get to the very worst. It is as if Magic did it. If I could only just… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“They were as real as Sara, and it was careless of them not to come out of the story shadowland and say, “Here I… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts- just mere thoughts- are as powerful as… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“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… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“If she had cried and sobbed and seemed frightened, Miss Minchin might almost have had more patience with her. She was a woman who… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“I was thinking," she said. "Beg my pardon immediately," said Miss Minchin. "I will beg your pardon for laughing, if it was rude," said… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“She said that perhaps it was not so easy to be very rich; that if any one had so many things always, one might… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“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… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“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… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
