"Sign of old age: distress at all leave-takings, all separations. And the sadness of memories, because I'm aware they're condemned to death."

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If Sara had been a boy and lived a few centuries ago, her father used to say, 'she would have gone about the country with her sword drawn, rescuing and defending everyone in distress. She always wants to fight when she sees people in trouble.

— Frances Hodgson Burnett