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.

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

She says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. It has only to do with what you think of and what you do.

The Magic in this garden has made me stand up and know I am going to live to be a man.

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.

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.

Whatever comes cannot alter one thing.