Yes," answered Sara, nodding. "Adversity tries people, and mine has tried you and proved how nice you are.

So long as I know what's expected of me, I can manage.

Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

One marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all the world was purple shadow and silver.

Magic is in her just as it is in Dickon," said Colin. "It makes her think of ways to do things - nice things.

Are you learning me by heart, little Sara?" he said, stroking her hair. "No," she answered. "I know you by heart. You are inside my heart.

When I was at school my jography told me th' earth was shaped like a orange an' I found out before I was ten that th' whole orange doesn't belong to nobody. No one owns more than his bit of a quarter an' there's times it seems there's not enow quarters to go around. But don't you-none o' you- think as you own th' whole orange or you'll find out you're mistaken, an' you won't find it without hard knocks. What children learns from children, is that there's no sense grabbin' at th' whole orange-peel an' all. If you do you'll likely not get even th' pips, an' them's too bitter to eat.