My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.
ENID BLYTONLaugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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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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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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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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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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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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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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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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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Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
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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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