The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
ENID BLYTONI 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!
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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The point is not that I don’t recognise bad people when I see them – I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them – the point is that I know a good person when I see one.
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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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I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
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Well, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
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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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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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I wonder where you got that idea from? I mean, the idea that it’s feeble to change your mind once it’s made up. That’s a wrong idea, you know.
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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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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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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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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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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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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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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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