“She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.”

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

“Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.”

“The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew wher...”

“My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.”