magic

"When they have no leaves and look gray and brown and dry, how can you tell whether they are dead or alive?" inquired Mary.

"Wait till th' spring gets at 'em--wait till th' sun shines on th' rain and th' rain falls on th' sunshine an' then tha'll find out."

The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett 

jane

recently, my sister and i have been watching our way through the novel-to-movie adaptations of jane austen's classics.

i've been inspired to pick up the originals, starting with mansfield park, "a subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, [and] one of jane austen's most profound works," and following that with northanger abbey, which "with its broad comedy and irrepresisible heroine, is the most youthful and optimistic of jane austen's works."

i highly recommend both.

*quotes taken from the back covers of featured penguin classics