Frances Hodgson Burnett

""If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.""

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden"

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen."

- 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, and things pushing up and working under the earth.’"

- 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

"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."

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done—then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago."

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off – and they are nearly always doing it."

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more."

- 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

"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, and things pushing up and working under the earth.’"

- Frances Hodgson Burnett