“ Am I the same cold, ragged damp Sara? And to think I used to pretend and pretend and wish there were fairies! The one thing I always wanted was to see a fairy story come true. I am in a fairy story.… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ 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. Pe… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ 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… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ As she came closer to him she noticed that there was a clean fresh scent of heather and grass and leaves about him, almost as if he were made of them. She liked it very much and when she looked into h… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in you may never get over it as long… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ 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 Sa… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ 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 kno… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ Uno de los descubrimientos mas extraordinarios de este siglo ha sido el que los pensamientos son tan poderosos como las pilas eléctricas, tan buenos como la luz y tan peligrosos como el veneno. si per… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ 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
“ She had never been taught to ask permission to do things, and she knew nothing at all about authority, so she would not have thought it necessary to ask Mrs. Medlock if she might walk about the house,… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ …Mrs. Warren allowed her book to fall closed upon her lap, and her attractive face awakened to an expression of agreeable expectation, in itself denoting the existence of interesting and desirable qua… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ Por supuesto que debe haber mucha magia en el mundo- dijo sagazmente un día-, pero la gente no sabe cómo es ni cómo hacerla. A lo mejor al principio es decir simplemente cosas bonitas que van a pasar… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important. Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ Is the spring coming? he said. What is it like?...It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine... Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ I know what it is to be hungry, and it is very hard when one cannot even pretend it away. -Sara 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 liked to domineer and feel her power, and as she looked at Sara's pale… Frances Hodgson Burnett
“ Might I, quavered Mary, might I have a bit of earth?In her eagerness she did not realize how queer the words would sound and that they were not the ones she had meant to say. Mr. Craven looked quite s… Frances Hodgson Burnett
