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• I pretend I am a princess,so that I can try and behave like one.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Princess, Trying, Behave

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.42, Xist Publishing

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• a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.

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  Clever, Unjust, Enough

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2014). “Sara Crewe: Or, What Happened at the Miss Minchin's Boarding School”, p.17, The Floating Press

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• If I go on talking and talking...and telling you things about pretending, I shall bear it better. You don't forget, but you bear it better.

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  Talking, Goes On, Bears

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.23, Xist Publishing

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• Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

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  Nice, Adversity, People

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2012). “A Little Princess”, p.110, Collector's Library

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• Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.

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  Clever, Healing, People

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• 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.

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  Children, Nice, Trials

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

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• Her affection for everything she could love increased.

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  Affection

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.83, Xist Publishing

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• So long as I know what's expected of me, I can manage.

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  Long, Expected, Knows

  Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.20, GENERAL PRESS

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• On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug; before the fire was a folding-chair, unfolded and with cushions on it; by the chair was a small folding-table, unfolded, covered with a white cloth, and upon it were spread small covered dishes, a cup and saucer, and a tea-pot; on the bed were new, warm coverings, a curious wadded silk robe, and some books. The little, cold, miserable room seemed changed into Fairyland. It was actually warm and glowing.

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  Book, White, Fire

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2012). “Racketty-Packetty House and Other Stories”, p.52, Courier Corporation

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• She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.

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  Girl, Book, Care

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2015). “A Little Princess (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.8, Diversion Books

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• Perhaps I have not really a good temper at all, but if you have everything you want and everyone is kind to you, how can you help but be good-tempered? Perhaps I'm a HIDEOUS child, and no one will ever know, just because I never have any trials.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Children, Princess, Trials

  "A Little Princess".

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• ...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties.

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  Mother, Party, Gay

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2003). “The Secret Garden: Centennial Edition”, p.5, Penguin

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• I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?

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  Running, People, Different

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.75, Xist Publishing

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• we do not believe until we want a thing and feel that we shall die if 'tis not granted to us, and then we kneel and kneel and believe, because we must have someone to ask help from.

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  Prayer, Believe, Want

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Lady of Quality”, p.134, ShandonPress

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• It's so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said, 'Wouldn't you rather be a sparrow?

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  Different, Sparrows, Rats

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.75, Xist Publishing

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

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  Thinking, Mind, Body

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

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

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  War, Soldier, Complaining

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• The air was full of spices... A Little Princess

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  Princess, Air, Spices

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• To speak robin to a robin is like speaking French to a Frenchman

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  Robins, Speaking French, Speak

  Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Brontë (2011). “25 Favorite Novels”, p.5417, Smashbooks

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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.

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  Men, Garden, Magic

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

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• People never like me and I never like people

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  People, Like Me

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “The Secret Garden”, p.30, Xist Publishing

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• 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.

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  Country, Father, Fighting

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

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

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  Earth, Might, Mary

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

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• People never like me and I never like people," she thought. "And I never can talk as the Crawford children could. They were always talking and laughing and making noises.

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  Children, Talking, People

  Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.28, GENERAL PRESS

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• You can lose a friend in springtime easier than any other season if you're too curious.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Springtime, Curious, Easier

  Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.102, GENERAL PRESS

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