"The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off - and they are nearly always doing it."

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Source : Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.52, GENERAL PRESS

Frances Hodgson Burnett

#Wall Quotes #Ivy Quotes #Lovely Quotes

“My ex-husband happens to be one of the most gifted moviemakers. And what is so bizarre about working with someone like that? I guess it is bizarre to be good friends with your ex-husband.”
“Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.”
“Ads shouldn't be in people's way.”
“A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community.”
“All beautiful forms of this world are in the process of transformation. Nothing is stable. With every moment, our reality is changing. Mother Ganges, like nature, is constant, but no manifestation of hers remains. Likewise, all that we hold dear in this world is imperceptibly vanishing. We cannot cling to anything. But if we can appreciate the beauty of the underlying current of truth, we can enjoy a reality deeper than the fickle waves of joy and sorrow.”
“Lawyers are natural politicians.”
“A one woman cabaret of emotional impressionism”
“Perhaps most excitingly, we are uncovering the brain basis of our behaviors - normal, abnormal and in-between. We are mapping a neurobiology of what makes us us.”

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