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It's so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said, 'Wouldn't you rather be a sparrow?
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Age: 74 †
Born: 1849
Born: November 24
Died: 1924
Died: October 20
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Manchester
England
Frances Eliza Hodgson
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett
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Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into wrongs sometimes. -- (from Behind the White Brick)
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If you fill your mind with a beautiful thought, there will be no room in it for an ugly one. - King Amor
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Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.
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a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.
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...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties.
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Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage.
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