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 BLYTONWriting for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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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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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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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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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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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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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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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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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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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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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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 don’t believe in things like that – fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It’s old-fashioned.’ ‘
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