“Neither do I -- to speak truth. But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.”

“But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.”

“You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is what they were sent for... I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.”

“How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.”

“I don't like it, papa," she said. "But then I dare say soldiers - even brave ones - don't really like going into battle.”

“I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us”

“There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in—that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies. I scarcely ever do.”