Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

Her affection for everything she could love increased.

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.

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.

When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in--that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.

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