I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
ENID BLYTONWell, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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 best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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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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’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
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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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