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Edgar Allan Poe
W hen wits and wine and friends have met
And laughter crowns the festive hour
In vain I struggle to forget
Still does my hesrt confess thy power”Edgar Allan Poe
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The Secret Garden
If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
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Hans Christian Andersen, The Butterfly
Lovers pluck off the leaves, and as they pluck each leaf, they ask a question about their lovers; thus: “Does he or she love me?—Ardently? Distractedly? Very much? A little? Not at all?” and so on.”
Hans Christian Andersen, The Butterfly
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Charles Dickens, A child’s dream of a star
And the smallest bright specks playing at hide and seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars.”
Charles Dickens, A child’s dream of a star
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The Golden Bird
One feather is of no use to me, I must have the whole bird.”
Brothers Grimm, The Golden Bird
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A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
I don’t feel very much like Pooh today,” said Pooh. “There there,” said Piglet. “I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.”
A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
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Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen.”
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
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A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
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the little prince
One day,” you said to me, “I saw the sunset forty-four times!”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The little prince
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Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
Oh, please don’t go—we’ll eat you up—we love you so!”
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are