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Quotation from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

“It takes a woman's hand and heart, or a child's presence, to make a home”

Eleanor H. Porter (spoken by John Pendleton)

Pollyanna, Chapter XIX (Project Gutenberg #1450)

Portrait of Eleanor H. Porter

Pendleton explains why his great stone house has never been a home and asks Pollyanna to come to it.

Citation: "It takes a woman's hand and heart, or a child's presence, to make a home" — Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, Chapter XIX (Project Gutenberg #1450). (id pollyanna-q4)

Portrait: Pollyanna (Eleanor Porter book) first edition cover, Eleanor H. Porter, Public domain.

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