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 BLYTONWell, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,’ said Bessie. ‘Because we not only believe in the Faraway Tree and love our funny friends there, but we go to see them too – and we visit the lands at the top of the Tree as well!
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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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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You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly – and that is a great thing.
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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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The secret island had looked mysterious enough on the night they had seen it before – but now, swimming in the hot June haze, it seemed more enchanting than ever.
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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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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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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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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off,
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Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!
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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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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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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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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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