People never like me and I never like people

It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive.

Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine.

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.

Somehow, something always happens just before things get to the very worst. It is as if Magic did it. If I could only just remember that always. The worse thing never quite comes.

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.