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Johanna Spyri Quotes

Johanna Louise Spyri was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. June 1827 – 7. July 1901
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Heidi
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Heidi
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Famous Johanna Spyri Quotes

“I want to go about like the light-footed goats.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

Source: Heidi

“I'll always say my prayers… and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

Source: Heidi

“We must never forget to pray, and to ask God to remember us when He is arranging things, so that we too may feel safe and have no anxiety about what is going to happen.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

Source: Heidi

“Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

Source: Heidi

“Many strange things happen in this world”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

Source: Heidi

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