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The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man.

The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man.

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Men, Garden, Magic
Frances Hodgson Burnett (2003). “The Secret Garden: Centennial Edition”, p.143, Penguin

Soldiers don't complain...I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war.

Frances Hodgson Burnett
War, Soldier, Complaining

What you have to do with your mind, when your body is miserable, is to make it think of something else.

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Thinking, Mind, Body
Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.104, Xist Publishing

You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is what they were sent for... I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Children, Nice, Trials
Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.69, Xist Publishing

If Sara had been a boy and lived a few centuries ago, her father used to say, 'she would have gone about the country with her sword drawn, rescuing and defending everyone in distress. She always wants to fight when she sees people in trouble.

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Country, Father, Fighting
Frances Hodgson Burnett (2015). “A Little Princess”, p.19, Booklassic

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