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.
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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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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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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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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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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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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Hatred is so much easier to win than love – and so much harder to get rid of.
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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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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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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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Well, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
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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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If you can’t look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.
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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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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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