They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by.
ENID BLYTON
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They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by.
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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it’s a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!
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When you’re paid to do a job, it’s better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That’s one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See?
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Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake.
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They saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.
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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done.
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You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly – and that is a great thing.
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There was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into. ‘I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the ones we have indoors,’ said George.
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Elizabeth. Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas.
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You’re trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.
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The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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I’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
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Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life.
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Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
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