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Whatever comes, " she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that–warm things, kind things, sweet things–help and comfort and laughter–and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage." It makes me feel as if something had hit me, " Sara had told Ermengarde once in confidence. "And as if I want to hit back. I have to remember things quickly to keep from saying something ill-tempered.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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There is nothing so nice as supposing. It's almost like being a fairy. If you suppose anything hard enough it seems as if it were real.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The mere fact that Lottie had come and gone away again made things seem a little worse-just as perhaps prisoners feel a little more desolate after visitors come and go, leaving them behind.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Why, we are just the same - I am only a little girl like you. It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Perhaps you can feel if you can’t hear, ” was her fancy. “Perhaps kind thoughts reach people somehow, even through windows and doors and walls. Perhaps you feel a little warm and comforted, and don’t know why, when I am standing here in the cold and hoping you will get well and happy again.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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How is it that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat, ” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat! ’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara! ’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow? .Frances Hodgson Burnett
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How is it that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language that is not made up of words & everything in this world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything & it can always speak, without making a sound, to another soul.Frances Hodgson Burnett
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It's a lonely place. Sometimes it's the loneliest place in the world.Frances Hodgson Burnett