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

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

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.

I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.

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.

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

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?