That's what I look at some people for. I like to know about them. I think them over afterward.

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.

I pretend I am a princess,so that I can try and behave like one.

I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?

Mistress Mary Quite Contrary

Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable, determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place.

a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.