Frances Burnett
Frances Burnett
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnettwas an English-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth24 November 1849
born hands heart nature though
If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that.
happen short takes time wonderful
It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen
begin believe centuries hope people refuse strange wonders
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