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You may find this useful; but be careful, as other people may be using the site!

Http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/secretgarden/quotes.html

All you need is a little bit of soil!

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For the invitation, mmmm, I like this:

Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a
glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia.
Pure, undiluted, untouched joy.
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Which we hope shall be your marriage. And then there is:.

If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?
– G.K. Chesterton

Or perhaps, in the long journey of your lives together.

Best wishes.

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If talking politely to the owner doesn’t work, then there are some things that you can spray around the place that may help. I work at a vets once a week, and they have some charming sounding things including one called P iss Off, no joke!

One thing I can tell you that doesn’t work is putting plastic bottles of water on the garden, people here used to do that many years ago because there was an urban myth that this stopped dogs pooping there (because dogs wont poop near water), but our dog used to play with them, he thought they made a great toy!

Also, if you don’t like the idea of chemicals, there are some natural scents that dogs don’t like – not sure what they are, I can’t remember, but I know many cats dislike the smell of citrus fruits like lemon, and vinegar, I’d be willing to bet that dogs dont like them either.

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You will need to par boil them to remove the skins. It is very easy, cut an shallow X across the top of the tomato, dip it in boiling water for 3-4 seconds, remove & put in a bowl with water & ice, do this to all of the tomatoes you will be using. When you are done you should be able to remove the peel very easily by grabbing the point of the skin (where you made the X) between a thin knife blade and your finger & pulling down gently. This should remove the skin in several pieces, you may have to do a little extra trimming. I then cut the tomatoes into quarters and remove the seeds. Dice the meat of the tomatoes and add to a pot with 1-2 quarts of chicken stock. If you are trying to make a pure tomato soup add just enough stock to cover the amount of tomatoes you are using. If you are looking to make a veggie soup then you want more stock than tomatoes. You will need to cook the tomatoes for at least an hour, add salt & pepper to taste, if you want more flavors add garlic, onion powder, oregano. When the tomatoes are mushy use a stick blender to puree them. At this point you can add milk or cream to make it cream soup or just leave it plain.
If you are doing veggie soup, add the veggies you want to the stock with the tomatoes, season to taste & cook til all are tender.
If you don’t mind the skins leave them on. I remove them & the seeds because I like a smooth tomato soup.

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From Chapter 1 (where the quote is in between [ ]): [“Pig! Pig! Daughter of Pigs!” she said, because to call a native a pig is the worst insult of all.]

In Chapter 2, when Mary is sent to stay for a time with the clergyman and his family before leaving India, Mary is rude to the other children. This is taken from that chapter: “Mary hated their untidy bungalow and was so disagreeable to them that after the first day or two nobody would play with her. By the second day they had given her a nickname which made her furious.” Then Mary says to one of the children – Basil – “Go away!” cried Mary. “I don’t want boys. Go away!”

Then there is this scene in chapter 16 ([ ] is around the entire section from the book):

[Colin frowned and condescended to look at her.

“I won’t let that boy come here if you go and stay with him instead of coming to talk to me,” he said.

Mary flew into a fine passion. She could fly into a passion without making a noise. She just grew sour and obstinate and did not care what happened.

“If you send Dickon away, I’ll never come into this room again!” she retorted.

“You’ll have to if I want you,” said Colin.

“I won’t!” said Mary.

“I’ll make you,” said Colin. “They shall drag you in.”

“Shall they, Mr. Rajah!” said Mary fiercely. “They may drag me in but they can’t make me talk when they get me here. I’ll sit and clench my teeth and never tell you one thing. I won’t even look at you. I’ll stare at the floor!”

They were a nice agreeable pair as they glared at each other. If they had been two little street boys they would have sprung at each other and had a rough-and-tumble fight. As it was, they did the next thing to it.

“You are a selfish thing!” cried Colin.

“What are you?” said Mary. “Selfish people always say that. Any one is selfish who doesn’t do what they want. You’re more selfish than I am. You’re the most selfish boy I ever saw.”

“I’m not!” snapped Colin. “I’m not as selfish as your fine Dickon is! He keeps you playing in the dirt when he knows I am all by myself. He’s selfish, if you like!”

Mary’s eyes flashed fire.

“He’s nicer than any other boy that ever lived!” she said. “He’s–he’s like an angel!” It might sound rather silly to say that but she did not care.

“A nice angel!” Colin sneered ferociously. “He’s a common cottage boy off the moor!”

“He’s better than a common Rajah!” retorted Mary. “He’s a thousand times better!”

Because she was the stronger of the two she was beginning to get the better of him. The truth was that he had never had a fight with any one like himself in his life and, upon the whole, it was rather good for him, though neither he nor Mary knew anything about that. He turned his head on his pillow and shut his eyes and a big tear was squeezed out and ran down his cheek. He was beginning to feel pathetic and sorry for himself–not for any one else.

“I’m not as selfish as you, because I’m always ill, and I’m sure there is a lump coming on my back,” he said. “And I am going to die besides.”

“You’re not!” contradicted Mary unsympathetically.]

I hope that helps. If you want to find more, you can search online at http://www.online-literature.com/burnett/secretgarden/

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These are from The Secret Garden:
1. Two things cannot be in one place.
2. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.
3. One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as powerful as electric batteries—as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.
4. One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever.
5.

These are from the Golden Compass:
1. Being a practiced liar doesn’t mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it’s that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.
2. She was afraid of her father, and she admired him profoundly, and she thought he was stark mad; but who was she to judge?
3. “…I think it would be the silliest thing you’ve ever done in a lifetime of silly things….”
4.That’s the duty of the old,” said the Librarian,” to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”
5.Lyra’s knowledge had great gaps in it, like a map of the world largely eaten by mice….
6. “…I see the Master as a man having terrible choices to make; whatever he chooses will do harm, but maybe if he does the right thing, a little less harm will come about than if he chooses wrong. God preserve me from having to make that sort of choice
7. She would be able to stitch a wound or change a bandage, but never to tell a story
8. The air seemed full of dark intentions, like the forms of thoughts not yet born
9. Witches own nothing, so we’re not interested in preserving value or making profits, and as for the choice between one thing and another, when you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again