36 quotes found
“She may not be like everyone else, but neither am I.”
“Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.”
“She asked where he lived. Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning.”
“As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did.”
“The odd was the ordinary at Alistair Grim's. The people who lived there were odd. The things they did there were odd. Even the there itself there was odd.”
“In the great green room, there was a telephoneAnd a red balloonAnd a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...”
“Kid's books should be just as good as any other books. No. They should be held to a *higher* standard than other literature for the same reason that we take extra care with children's food.The fact...”
“I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth-smile is different. ...”
“When I listen to you, Godwhen I do what you ask me to,I am like a treeplanted by a river,a tree full of fruitwith leaves that are always green. Ps 1(paraphrased)”
“If you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, it's difficult to know the fit, so be kind and compassionate.”
“Only sweet people with good virtues can go to fairyland. Those who treat others meanly and without respect can never go there.”
“It was not really Saturday night, at least it may have been, for they had long lost count of the days; but always if they wanted to do anything special they said this was Saturday night, and then t...”
“For the first time in his life, he decided to focus on his math homework.”
“When weve decided to tell the truth in a story, we should tell good, strong versions of it, proper versions that kids can do something with.”
“There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I am such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't...”
“Jocelyns stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.”
“if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.”
“A strong man sails by ash breeze!”
“Nice try, mister, but being cute won't save you.”
“My grandma, Mrs Grace Ayorkor Acquah said 'Educating the child is everybody's business.”
