Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Perhaps kind thoughts reach people somehow, even through windows and doors and walls. Perhaps you feel a little warm and comforted, and don’t know why, when I am standing here in the cold and hoping you will get well and happy again.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“What you have to do with your mind, when your body is miserable, is to make it think of something else.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“She says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. It has only to do with what you think of and what you do.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Somehow, something always happens just before things get to the very worst. It is as if Magic did it. If I could only just remember that always. The worse thing never quite comes.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in, you may never get over it as long as you live.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Perhaps to be able to learn things quickly isn't everything. To be kind is worth a great deal to other people...Lots of clever people have done harm and have been wicked.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett