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

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

Things happen to people by accident.

Mistress Mary Quite Contrary

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

At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.

As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive.