Quotes from book
Heidi

Name: Heidi
Author: Johanna Spyri

Johanna Spyri Original title Heidi (German, 1880)

Heidi is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned .

“Flowers are made to bloom in the sun and not to be shut up in an apron.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

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“Many strange things happen in this world”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

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“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

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

Johanna Spyri book Heidi

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“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

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“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

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