English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Frances Hodgson Burnett Quotes

If Sara had been a boy and lived a few centuries ago, her father used to say, 'she would have gone about the country with her sword drawn, rescuing and defending everyone in distress. She always wants to fight when she sees people in trouble.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations. Charles E. Wilson
Sean Paul quote: "I've been approached by many different people, but I don't..."
I've been approached by many different people, but I don't really want to be known as a collaboration dude. Sean Paul
Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from. Michael Pitt
Scott Alexander quote: "Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies..."
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully. Scott Alexander
This is how we leave the world, with the heart weeping, and the hope that distancebrings the solving wonderof one last clear viewbefore that long sleepabout the weather's changes Mark Haddon
As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial. Robert Wise
Now why should that man have fainted? But he did, and right across my path by the wall, so that I had to creep over him every time! Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Boredom, like beauty, is in the mind of the beholder. ?There is no such thing as an uninteresting subject? said Chesterton. ?The only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. George A. Sheehan
I waited at least two hours. I'd begun to think that he'd given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared about me. Hated me even. And the idea of losing him for ever, my best friend, the only person I'd ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn't stand it. Not on top of everything else that had happened. I could feel my eyes tearing up and my throat starting to close the way it does when I get upset. Then I look up and there he was, three metres away, just... Suzanne Collins
Phil Keoghan quote: "La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city."
La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city. Phil Keoghan
Joe Frazier quote: "When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out..."
When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win. Joe Frazier
When you're in shape, you don't have to walk up to somebody and say, 'Yo, I love myself.' You look like you care for yourself. Tyrese Gibson
I know how to live here, I know how everything smells, and tastes, and is. What could I ever search for in the world, except this again? Peter S. Beagle
Cesar Chavez quote: "You are never strong enough that you don't need help."
You are never strong enough that you don't need help. Cesar Chavez
Candace Parker quote: "I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality..."
I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured. Candace Parker