[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f2KeFWzRly0zh58MaqAsCckbJEu0iSZlwVtDRWDcA2Nk":3,"$fDeQD-gs5JPqLM3uyySQKeBsjErwoYWBF-0Kx-GvDhnY":34},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},4611,"Frances Hodgson Burnett","F",240,null,"frances-hodgson-burnett",[12,16,20,24,28,31],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},1206,"magic",15,{"tag_id":17,"tag_name":18,"tag_count":19},222,"inspirational",7,{"tag_id":21,"tag_name":22,"tag_count":23},57,"thoughts",6,{"tag_id":25,"tag_name":26,"tag_count":27},177,"books",5,{"tag_id":29,"tag_name":30,"tag_count":27},382,"children",{"tag_id":32,"tag_name":33,"tag_count":27},6385,"princess",{"quotes":35,"pagination":98},[36,43,49,55,61,67,73,79,85,92],{"id":37,"quote_text":38,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":40,"source":41,"quote_tag":42,"commentary":9},3028002,"When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn’t said afterward. There’s nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in – that’s stronger.",false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":44,"quote_text":45,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":46,"source":47,"quote_tag":48,"commentary":9},3028001,"The same day, he took Sara out and bought her a great many beautiful clothes – clothes so grand and rich that only a very young and inexperienced man would have bought them for a mite of a child who was to be brought up in a boarding-school. But the fact was that he was a rash, innocent young man, and very sad at the thought of parting with his little girl, who was all he had left to remind him of her beautiful mother, whom he had dearly loved.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":50,"quote_text":51,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":52,"source":53,"quote_tag":54,"commentary":9},3028000,"Perhaps you can feel if you can’t hear. Perhaps kind thoughts reach people somehow, even through windows and doors and walls. Perhaps you feel a little warm and comforted.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":56,"quote_text":57,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":58,"source":59,"quote_tag":60,"commentary":9},3027999,"She had learned to know how comforting a smile, even from a stranger, may be.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":62,"quote_text":63,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":64,"source":65,"quote_tag":66,"commentary":9},3027998,"The afternoon was dragging towards its mellow hour. The sun was deepening the gold of its lances, the bees were going home and the birds were flying past less often.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":68,"quote_text":69,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},3027997,"Them as is not wanted scarce ever thrives.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":74,"quote_text":75,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":76,"source":77,"quote_tag":78,"commentary":9},3027996,"That’s almost like telling lies,” she said. “And lies – well, you see, they are not only wicked – they’re vulgar.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":80,"quote_text":81,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":82,"source":83,"quote_tag":84,"commentary":9},3027995,"Poor little thin, sallow, ugly Mary – she actually looked almost pretty for a moment.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":86,"quote_text":87,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":88,"source":89,"quote_tag":90,"commentary":91},3027993,"Do you understand everything birds say?” said Mary. Dickon’s grin spread until he seemed all wide, red, curving mouth, and he rubbed his rough head. “I think I do, and they think I do,” he said. “I’ve lived on th’ moor with ’em so long. I’ve watched ’em break shell an’ come out an’ fledge an’ learn to fly an’ begin to sing, till I think I’m one of ’em. Sometimes I think p’raps I’m a bird, or a fox, or a rabbit, or a squirrel, or even a beetle, an’ I don’t know it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is from Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel \"The Secret Garden\" (1911). During this period, Burnett was experimenting with themes of identity, belonging, and the human relationship with nature. She was also drawing from her own experiences of living in the English countryside and observing the lives of the working class.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a profound paradox: Dickon's ability to \"understand\" birds lies not in his literal comprehension of their language, but in his intuitive sense of belonging to the natural world. This sense of belonging is not about intellectual understanding, but about empathy and a deep connection with the land and its creatures.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn today's fast-paced, technology-driven world, professionals and creatives can benefit from embracing this mindset by cultivating a deeper connection with their environment and the people around them. By acknowledging the interconnectedness of all living beings, we can tap into a sense of belonging and understanding that transcends intellectual boundaries.",{"id":93,"quote_text":94,"author_id":5,"source_id":23,"has_image":39,"author":95,"source":96,"quote_tag":97,"commentary":9},3027992,"And the roses – the roses! Rising out of the grass, tangled round the sun-dial, wreathing the tree trunks and hanging from their branches, climbing up the walls and spreading over them with long garlands falling in cascades – they came alive day by day, hour by hour. Fair fresh leaves, and buds – and buds – tiny at first but swelling and working Magic until they burst and uncurled into cups of scent delicately spilling themselves over their brims and filling the garden air. Colin.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":99,"totalPages":100,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":101},1,24,10]