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

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 scarcely ever do.

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.

She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.

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.

As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive.

As she came closer to him she noticed that there was a clean fresh scent of heather and grass and leaves about him, almost as if he were made of them. She liked it very much and when she looked into his funny face with the red cheeks and round blue eyes she forgot that she had felt shy.