"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