My work in books, films and talks lies almost wholly with children, and I have very little time to give to grown-ups.
ENID BLYTONI 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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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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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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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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I’m good at exploring roofs. You never know when that kind of thing comes in useful.
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The children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.
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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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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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I think people make their own faces, as they grow.
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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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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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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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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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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
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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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