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“I long ago discovered that you can't TELL about Pollyanna. The minute you try to, she sounds priggish and preachy, and--impossible. Yet you and I know she is anything but that.”

Quote by Eleanor Porter

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Eleanor H. Porter was an American novelist known for her children's literature. Her works are renowned for their warm and touching stories, as well as their profound emotional expression, which have won the hearts of readers. more

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