However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.

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.

Children's as good as 'rithmetic to set you findin' out things.

People never like me and I never like people

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

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.

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever.