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 BLYTONYou are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly – and that is a great thing.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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 best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness – that is a very terrible thing.
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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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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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Make up your mind about things, by all means – but if something happens to show that you are wrong, then it is feeble not to change your mind,
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All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret – almost magic.
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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 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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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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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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Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!
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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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