All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret – almost magic.
ENID BLYTONLaugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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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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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I’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
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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 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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I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.
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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.
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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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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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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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Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!
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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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