Oh, if I could choose, said Mabel, of course I’d marry a brigand, and live in his mountain fastness, and be kind to his captives and help them to escape and- You’ll be a real treasure to your husband....
Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull calls to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay calls to her. She was almost always there, ready to play with the childr...
In such delightful conversation the time went by all too quickly. The Station Master came out once or twice from that sacred inner temple behind the place where the hole is that they sell you tickets...
If you're lucky enough to be different, don't you ever changed - Taylor Swift
I say, Phyllis suggested, let's all wave to the Green Dragon as it goes by. If it's a magic dragon, it'll understand and take our loves to Father. And if it isn't, three waves aren't much. We shall ne...
Yes, said the King sadly, I fear there’s no doubt about it. Your maid has turned into an Automatic Nagging Machine.
Robert rushed to the gravel-pit, found the Psammead, and presently wished for— But that, too, is another story.
London is like prison for children, especially if their relations are not rich.Of course there are the shops and the theatres, and Maskelyne and Cook's, and things, but if your people are rather poor...
It has been said that all roads lead to Rome; this may be true, but at any rate, in early youth I am quite sure that many roads lead to BED, and stop there–or YOU do.
Girls are just as clever as boys, and don't you forget it!
Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing the book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right—in the way that...
And that, my dear children, is the moral of this chapter. I did not mean it to have a moral, but morals are nasty forward beings, and will keep putting in their oars where they are not wanted. And sin...
Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it's not so dull as it sounds. It just means that a person is able to know that you are unhappy, and to love you extra o...
Feathers, and a shield and a lance and a sword. His armor and his weapons were all, I am almost sure, of quite different periods. The shield was thirteenth century, while the sword was of the pattern...
Badly, in a sort of way, because you hadn't the sense to wish for what was good for you. But this charm's quite different. I haven't GOT to do this for you, it's just my own generous
Well, you're to stay here and be my little boy till we find out where father is. We shall let the police know. They're sure to find him. The pleece! Dickie cried in horror. Why, father, 'e ain't done...
Then suddenly Jack was a changed boy. Something wonderful had happened to him, and it had made him different. It sometimes happened to people that they see or hear something quite wonderful and then t...
The 9.15 up was called the Green Dragon. The 10.7 down was the Worm of Wantley. The midnight town express, whose shrieking rush they sometimes woke from their dreams to hear, was the Fearsome Fly-by-n...
Pastries! We shall have people talking of grouses next, and deers and snipes.
Our darling Roberta,No sorrow shall hurt herIf we can prevent itHer whole life long.Her birthday's our fete day,We'll make it our great day,And give her our presentsAnd sing her our song.May pleasures...