If you can’t look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.
ENID BLYTONRemorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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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Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people’s minds and know when anything unusual was going on.
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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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Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
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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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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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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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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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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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I wonder where you got that idea from? I mean, the idea that it’s feeble to change your mind once it’s made up. That’s a wrong idea, you know.
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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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I 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.
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They saw the flicker of bats overhead. They smelt the drifting scent of honeysuckle, and the delicious smell of wild thyme crushed under their bodies. A reed-warbler sang a beautiful little song in the reeds below, and then another answered.
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The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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