Everything's a story - You are a story -I am a story.

...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties.

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

I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us

Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world, but people don't know what it is like or how to make it.

Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage.

Oh,Sara. It is like a story." "It is a story...everything is a story. You are a story-I am a story. Miss Minchin is a story.