Frances Hodgson Burnett Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• When a man looks at the stars, he grows calm and forgets small things. They answer his questions and show him that his earth is only one of the million worlds. Hold your soul still and look upward often, and you will understand their speech. Never forget the stars.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Stars, Men, Soul

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2014). “The Land of the Blue Flower”, p.10, The Floating Press

• There's naught as nice as th' smell o' good clean earth, except th' smell o' fresh growin' things when th' rain falls on 'em.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Nice, Rain, Fall

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2006). “The Secret Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.136, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Earth, Might, Mary

  Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.79, GENERAL PRESS

• When I was at school my jography told me th' earth was shaped like a orange an' I found out before I was ten that th' whole orange doesn't belong to nobody. No one owns more than his bit of a quarter an' there's times it seems there's not enow quarters to go around. But don't you-none o' you- think as you own th' whole orange or you'll find out you're mistaken, an' you won't find it without hard knocks. What children learns from children, is that there's no sense grabbin' at th' whole orange-peel an' all. If you do you'll likely not get even th' pips, an' them's too bitter to eat.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Children, School, Thinking

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