My mother always says people ...

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

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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.
 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
Things happen to people by accident.
 Frances Hodgson Burnett
Imagine, if you can, what the rest of the evening was like. How they crouched by the fire which blazed and leaped and made much of itself in the little grate. How they removed the covers of the dishes, and found rich, hot savory soup, which was a meal in itself, and sandwiches and toast and muffins enough for both of them.
 Frances Hodgson Burnett
She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She lifted her little savage hand and knocked Emily off the chair, bursting into a passion of sobbing- Sara who never cried.
 Frances Hodgson Burnett