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.

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.

That's what I look at some people for. I like to know about them. I think them over afterward.

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.

People never like me and I never like people

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.

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