The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden quotes
Memorable lines from The Secret Garden, word for word as they are lettered in the graphic novel. Page numbers refer to the graphic novel.
Key lines, in story order
“When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.”
Page 3 · Mary is left alone in the silent bungalow as cholera claims the household. “Eh! can't tha' put on thine own clothes?”
Page 8 · Mary expects Martha to dress her like an Indian Ayah, but Martha encourages her to dress herself. “It is not the wind. It's someone crying.”
Page 14 · Mary hears the faint, unmistakable sound of a child crying somewhere down the corridor. “Her heart began to beat fast and her hands to shake.”
Page 20 · The wind reveals the hidden keyhole to the Secret Garden. “I'm Dickon, and I've got thy seeds.”
Page 28 · Mary discovers Dickon sitting beneath a tree, playing music surrounded by tame forest creatures. “The wind wuthered around the house.”
Page 37 · A massive Yorkshire gale shakes Misselthwaite Manor. “I've never laughed like this before.”
Page 46 · Colin experiences genuine laughter and companionship for the first time. “Stop screaming! You are just a spoiled boy!”
Page 50 · Mary confronts Colin's hysteria with fierce, unyielding anger. “Leave us now. Dickon will push my chair.”
Page 57 · Colin is brought outside for the first time in years. “You've got her eyes, lad—her own gray eyes.”
Page 65 · Ben reveals his ten-year secret devotion to Colin's late mother. “Father must see me walk into the room with my own legs.”
Page 70 · The children rehearse Colin's dramatic reveal for when his father returns. “It was Mary and Dickon and the garden that made me well.”
Page 81 · Colin introduces his father to the sanctuary that saved his life.
Quotes by character
“I am inside... and nobody knows.”
Mary Lennox, page 22 
“I shall get well! I shall get well!”
Colin Craven, page 60 
“It's as wick as you or me! Look at the green juice inside!”
Dickon Sowerby, page 31 
“Come here. You are very small, child.”
Archibald Craven, page 34 
“Good morning to thee! Th' fire is lit and thy breakfast is waitin'.”
Martha Sowerby, page 8 
“What art tha' doin' here? This is no place for idle little lasses.”
Ben Weatherstaff, page 11 
“Some calls it Magic and some calls it God, but it's all the same Joy.”
Susan Sowerby, page 72 
“So this is Miss Mary! Well, she's not much to look at, is she? A plain sour piece.”
Mrs. Medlock, page 5
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