Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Quote by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage.”

Quote by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Create image

Author

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English playwright known for her rich imagination and delicate emotional descriptions. Her works spanned various genres including drama, novels, and poetry, with her most famous works being 'Little Women' and 'The Secret Garden'. Born on November 24, 1849, she passed away on October 29, 1924. more

You May Also Like

“The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed. Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.”

ThinkingWayPersonsRealHappensFoundDifferencesInterestingAliveWillingListeningEnormousRadicalPairsWillingnessPretendingWay Of ThinkingFluidMonologuesDueling
Author:Alan Alda
Create image

“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.”

YearsInspirationHappinessHopeWishRecoveryGrievingResolutionNew YearThresholdWhisperingNew Years EvePersianHappy New YearBest YearMy WishNew Year's ResolutionsNew Years ResolutionNew ChallengesNew Year New BeginningNew StartNew Year New StartHappy New Year EveNew Years Eve InspirationalHappy New Year InspirationalFunny Happy New YearNew Year WishesHappy New Year LoveNew HopeNew Year New MeInspirational New YearInspirational New BeginningNew Years Eve LoveHappy New Year WishesFunny New Years EveNew Years Wishes GreetingsHappy New Year GreetingsNew Year GreetingsNew Year FriendshipNew Years DayYear EndNew Year MotivationalHope InspirationalChristian New YearIndian Happy New YearWishes And HopesNew Year LifeWords Of Hope
Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
Create image

“How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Yet here's a travelled man that knows What he talks about, And there's a politician That has read and thought, And maybe what they say is true Of war and war's alarms, But O that I were young again And held her in my arms!”

KnowsMenWarYoungGirlAttentionArmsPoliticianStandingAlarmsThat GirlStanding There
Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition
Create image