I don’t believe in things like that – fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It’s old-fashioned.’ ‘
ENID BLYTONI don’t believe in things like that – fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It’s old-fashioned.’ ‘
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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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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The children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.
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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 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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I’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
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The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before – but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever.
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It was the most beautiful evening, with the lake as blue as a cornflower and the sky flecked with rosy clouds. They held their hard-boiled eggs in one hand and a piece of bread and butter in the other, munching happily.
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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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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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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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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Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
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Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!’ said Jimmy longingly. ‘How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!
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