“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, The Secret Garden (1911)
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Lovely! I need to re-read The Secret Garden one of these days!
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So do I-its another of my favourites and it’s been a while since I read it.
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