"Two worst things as can happen to a……" — Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it."
—
Frances Hodgson Burnett
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
94 Quotes by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett has 94 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
"It's so beautiful!" she said, a little breathless with her speed. "You never saw anything so beautiful! It has come!…
-
Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So…
-
One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is…
-
The mug from the washstand was used as Becky's tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was…
-
On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug;…
-
As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is…
-
The air was full of spices... A Little Princess
-
Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be…
-
Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.
-
To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet…
-
If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
-
She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She…
See all 94 quotes by Frances Hodgson Burnett »
More Child Quotes
This quote is filed under Child Quotes,
one of 7,828 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I…
— Asia Argento
-
I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
— Margaret Atwood
-
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child,…
— Diane Ackerman
-
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a…
— Gaston Bachelard
-
I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center…
— Michele Bachmann
-
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
-
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
— James A. Baldwin
-
There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of…
— James A. Baldwin
-
Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
-
What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
— Honore de Balzac
-
When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I…
— Joyce Banda
-
It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a…
— Tyra Banks
See all 7,828 Child Quotes »