Frances Hodgson Burnett

“I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner.

-- Frances Hodgson Burnett

Lucile Veneklase

Life Is Too Short

Life is too short for words that hurt;

For subtle thrusts and for phrases curt;

For motives unkind and for sharp retort--

For any of these, life is too short.

--Lucile Veneklase