At that moment a very good thing was happening to her. Four good things had happened to her, in fact, since she came to Misselthwaite Manor. She had felt as if she had understood a robin and that he had understood her; she had run in the wind until her blood had grown warm; she had been healthily hungry for the first time in her life; and she had found out what it was to be sorry for someone.

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

But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.

People never like me and I never like people

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.

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

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