Might I," quavered Mary, "might I have a bit of earth?

Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.

All women are princesses , it is our right.

Things happen to people by accident.

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.

Their eyes met with a singular directness of gaze. Between them a spark passed which was not afterwards to be extinguished, though neither of them knew the moment of its kindling.

The mug from the washstand was used as Becky's tea cup, and the tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend that it was anything but tea.