Nesbit Quotes

“And it's no use putting her on her honour, because——'
'Because she hasn't any,' Philip finished.
'I wouldn't say that,' said the parrot, 'of anybody. I'd only say we haven't come across it.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic City

“Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us.”
― E. Nesbit, The Railway Children