When a man is overcome by anger, he has a poisoned fever. He loses his strength, he loses his power over himself… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
When a man looks at the stars, he grows calm and forgets small things. They answer his questions and show him that… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Never thee stop believin' in th' Big Good Thing an' knowin' th' world's full of it - and call it what tha'… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world," he said wisely one day, "but people don't know what it… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
“One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
In the garden there was nothing which was not quite like themselves - nothing which did not understand the wonderfulness of what… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world, but people don't know what it is like or how to… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
One marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all… — 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
