“Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world," he said wisely one day, "but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. I am going to try and experiment.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
“Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess
“Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot.”
― Heidi
― Heidi
“I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess
“Sometimes since I've been in the garden I've looked up through the trees at the sky and I have had a strange feeling of being happy as if something was pushing and drawing in my chest and making me breathe fast. Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing. Everything is made out of magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. In this garden - in all the places.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
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