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“It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled.”
-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
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“Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.”
-Frances Hodgson Burnett
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“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done—then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.”
-Frances Hodgson Burnett
I haven’t yet read this wonderful book nor seen the movie, so I don’t know precisely what “strange new thing” this is about, but I think it might be Taco Tuesday.
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“When new beautiful thoughts began to push out the old hideous ones, life began to come back to him, his blood ran healthily through his veins and strength poured into him.”
-Frances Hodgson Burnett
On The Way Down
By River Dixon
One of my all-time favorite poets is Amy Lowell. They called her an “Imagist Missionary” since she was one of the first to use imagery, and she used it masterfully. If I didn’t know this was written by River, I would think this poem was hers. She captivated me when I was a child-woman. Now I’m a grandmother and this kind of language and skill still make my blood sing.
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“Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world,” he said wisely one day, “but people don’t know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. I am going to try and experiment.”
-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Happy Friday. I hope to share some more Johnny O. poetry in a couple of weeks. Have a lovely weekend.
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“Write what’s up there.” Sister Ignatius pointed at her temple. “As a great man once said, this is a secret garden. We’ve all got one of those.” “Jesus?” “No, Bruce Springsteen.”
-Cecelia Ahern
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“Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend.”
-Sarah Ban Breathnach
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“There’s naught as nice as th’ smell o’ good clean earth, except th’ smell o’ fresh growin’ things when th’ rain falls on ’em.”
―Frances Hodgson Burnett
Special thanks to Helen for the theme idea. I haven’t read this book nor seen the movie, but I look forward very much to doing both.
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