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“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
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“A clown needn't be the same out of the ring as he has to be when he's in it. If you look at photographs of clowns when they're just being ordinary men, they've got quite sad faces.”
― Five Go Off in a Caravan
― Five Go Off in a Caravan

“Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness - that is a very terrible thing.”
― House at the Corner
― House at the Corner

“You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.”
― Six Cousins At Mistletoe Farm
― Six Cousins At Mistletoe Farm

“Well, you know what grown-ups are,' said Dinah. 'They don't think the same way as we do. I expect when we grow up, we shall think like them - but let's hope we remember what it was like to think in the way children do, and understand the boys and the girls that are growing up when we're men and women.”
― The Island of Adventure
― The Island of Adventure

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