"Their eyes met with a singular directness of……" — Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Their eyes met with a singular directness of gaze. Between them a spark passed which was not afterwards to be extinguished, though neither of them knew the moment of its kindling..."
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94 Quotes by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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"It's so beautiful!" she said, a little breathless with her speed. "You never saw anything so beautiful! It has come!…
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Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So…
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The mug from the washstand was used as Becky's tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was…
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On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug;…
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As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is…
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The air was full of spices... A Little Princess
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Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be…
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Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.
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To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet…
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If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
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She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She…
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If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you…
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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so…
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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine…
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark,…
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The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.
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Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
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Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
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During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards…
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A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year.…
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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on…
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