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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

Enid Blyton

My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.
ENID BLYTON

Book Children Firm Give Grown Little Lying Talk Time Up
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.
ENID BLYTON

Acting Clown Look Men Ordinary Out Photograph Ring Same
I’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
ENID BLYTON

Explore Kind Know Roof
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.
ENID BLYTON

Back Instead Kindness Lok Someone Terrible Thing Undone Unkindness Wish
Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
ENID BLYTON

Better Laugh Lead Something Tread
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,
ENID BLYTON

Change Feeble Happen Make Mind Something Up Wrong
Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake.
ENID BLYTON

Beautiful Cloud Lake Set Sitting Soon Warm
I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
ENID BLYTON

Face Grow People Think Thinking
It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
ENID BLYTON

Fighting Good Grown Like Xactly
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.
ENID BLYTON

Been Change Country Idea Mind People Pluck Strongest Wrong
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!
ENID BLYTON

Always Bad Character Country Decision Good Honest Motive Muddled Our People Person Strong
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 BLYTON

Beautiful Bed Heathery Lay Listen Night Song
You’re trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.
ENID BLYTON

Difficulty Escape Face Fought never Trying
All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret – almost magic.
ENID BLYTON

All Almost Children Gaze Look Loving Magic Secret Stood
Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
ENID BLYTON

Easier Erase Hatred Love Much Rid Winning
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!
ENID BLYTON

All Book Children Day Hundred Letters Over Parent World Writing

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