

“Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it's not so dull as it sounds. It just means that a person is able to know that you are unhappy, and to love you extra on that account, without bothering you by telling you all the time how sorry she is for you.”
― The Railway Children
― The Railway Children
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all”
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“I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.”
― The Ugly Duckling
― The Ugly Duckling

“He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him;”
― The Ugly Duckling
― The Ugly Duckling

“Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater.”
― The Little Mermaid
― The Little Mermaid
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