The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful.
ENID BLYTONThe best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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Elizabeth. Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas.
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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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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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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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Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life.
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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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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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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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I don’t believe in things like that – fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It’s old-fashioned.’ ‘
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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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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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Well, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
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