“Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.”
― Six Cousins Again
― Six Cousins Again
“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”
― Mr Galliano's Circus
― Mr Galliano's Circus
“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. 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, Elizabeth. Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas.”
― The Naughtiest Girl in the School
― The Naughtiest Girl in the School
“I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.'
'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.”
― Five Go Off in a Caravan
'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.”
― Five Go Off in a Caravan
“I think people make their own faces, as they grow.”
― The Naughtiest Girl Again
― The Naughtiest Girl Again
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