Well, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
ENID BLYTONI am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It’s their children I love.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I don’t believe in things like that – fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It’s old-fashioned.’ ‘
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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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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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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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If you can’t look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.
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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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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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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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When you’re paid to do a job, it’s better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That’s one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See?
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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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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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