Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life.
ENID BLYTONI’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.
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I don’t believe in things like that – fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It’s old-fashioned.’ ‘
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Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,’ said Bessie. ‘Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too – and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!
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A clown needn’t be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he’s in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they’re just being ordinary men, they’ve got quite sad faces.
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As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off,
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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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Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
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If you can’t look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.
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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 do love the beginning of the summer hols,’ said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.’ ‘They go so nice and slowly at first,’ said Anne, his little sister. ‘Then they start to gallop.
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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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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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Never lose that honesty, Bobby – always be honest with yourself, know your own motives for what they are, good or bad, make your own decisions firmly and justly – and you will be a fine, strong character, of some real use in this muddled world of ours!
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Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers.
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