Frances Hodgson Burnett Quotes:
Ocupation: Playwright
Life: November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924
Birthday: November 24
Death: October 29
I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?
source: Frances Hodgson Burnett (2016). “A Little Princess”, p.75, Xist Publishing
topic: Running, People, Different, Little Princess
