“ And now trees arched overhead, and the banks of the road were high and bushy. The adventurers had long since ceased to blow their horns. It was too tiring to go on doing that, when there was no one to… E. Nesbit
“ Albert, you are more highly privileged than ever I was. No one ever made me a nice dungeon when I was your age. I think I had better leave you where you are. E. Nesbit
“ When you are young so many things are difficult to believe, and yet the dullest people will tell you that they are true--such things, for instance, as that the earth goes round the sun, and that it is… E. Nesbit
“ Trees are all different, as you know, and I am sure some tiresome person must have told you that there are no two blades of grass exactly alike. But in streets, where the blades of grass don't grow, e… E. Nesbit
“ Roberta was the eldest. Of course, Mothers never have favourites, but if their Mother HAD had a favourite, it might have been Roberta. Next came Peter, who wished to be an Engineer when he grew up; an… E. Nesbit
“ People think six is a great many, when it's children. ...they don't mind six pairs of boots, or six pounds of apples, or six oranges, especially in equations, but they seem to think that you ought not… E. Nesbit
“ No, it's not French, said Peter. Try him with French if you know so much about it, said the farmer-man. Parlay voo Frongsay? began Peter, boldly, and the next moment the crowd recoiled again, for the… E. Nesbit
“ I'm going to buy buns for tea, said Peter. I thought you were all so poor, said the Station Master. So we are, said Peter, confidentially, but we always have three pennyworth of halfpennies for tea wh… E. Nesbit
“ I have often thought that if the people who write books for children knew a little more it would be better. I shall not tell you anything about us except what I should like to know about if I was read… E. Nesbit
“ I can't think what made him so horrid. Perhaps it was because he had been so very nice and kind all the earlier part of the day, and now he had to have a change. This is called reaction. One notices i… E. Nesbit
“ He had an engine that he loved With all his heart and soul, And if he had a wish on earth It was to keep it whole. One day—my friends, prepare your minds; I'm coming to the worst— Quite suddenly a scr… E. Nesbit
“ And there's 'Three Chimneys' done in the purple primroses, said Phyllis. And that little tiny rose-bud is Mother looking out for us when we're late for tea. Peter invented it all, and we got all the f… E. Nesbit
“ It's not respectable,' she said. And when people say that, it's no useanyone's saying anything. E. Nesbit
“ So he caught her in his arms and kissed her, and they were very happy, and told each other what a beautiful world it was, and how wonderful it was that they should have found each other, seeing that t… E. Nesbit
