Quote by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“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

“She had that rare virtue of never existing completely except for that opportune monent.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“She knew a cutting, incisive, withering and above all a self-evident answer existed. It was just that, to her extreme annoyance, she couldn't quite…

— Terry Pratchett

“He had a certain almost obsequious charm. He liked talking about himself, and did not ask many questions of her. She noticed the imbalance…

— Lydia Davis

“She had that rare virtue of never existing completely except for that opportune moment”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“You are nicer than I am,” said Sara. “I was too proud to try and make friends. You see, now that trials have come,…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“The subjects of her talk didn't matter; he knew what she was really saying. Helpless and gentle, small and tired and anxious to please,…

— Richard Yates

“I pity, approve, respect, admire her, but I neither desire her company, nor am greatly concerned about her destiny, and she makes me impatient…

— A.C. Bradley

“She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain,…

— Thomas Harris

“It wasn't like Samantha, Leo thought, to meddle. Inside her booth, Madam Zarina offered advice and answers to troubled questions, but outside it Samantha…

— Kay Hooper

“She was very easy to please, because she took joy in the smallest things, but exacting, too, because that small thing must be authentic,…

— Peter Heller

“When faced with remarkability, she wasn't sure she trusted it.”

— Tracy Sumner