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

You either build up or you tear down. You either keep in the light where you can see, or you stand in the dark and fight everything that comes near you, because you can't see and you think it's an enemy.

But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.

You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is what they were sent for... I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.

As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive.

I don't know who it is," she said; "but somebody cares for me a little. I have a friend.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart.