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E. Nesbit quotes: Perhaps she did more than anyone else, for she slapped the King and put him to bed without his tea,

Perhaps she did more than anyone else, for she slapped the King and put him to bed without his tea,

E. Nesbit quotes: I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year

I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year

E. Nesbit quotes: Germ of endearment

Germ of endearment

E. Nesbit quotes: He said that his eyes were red because he had a cold.

He said that his eyes were red because he had a cold.

E. Nesbit quotes: It wouldn't do to go mixing up the present and the past, and cutting bits out of one to fit into the other.

It wouldn't do to go mixing up the present and the past, and cutting bits out of one to fit into the other.

E. Nesbit quotes: I think everyone in the world is friends if you can only get them to see you don't want to be un-friends.

I think everyone in the world is friends if you can only get them to see you don't want to be un-friends.

E. Nesbit quotes: This shows you that even mistakes are sometimes valuable, so do not be hard on grown-up people if they are wrong sometimes.

This shows you that even mistakes are sometimes valuable, so do not be hard on grown-up people if they are wrong sometimes.

E. Nesbit quotes: Time is but a mode of thought

Time is but a mode of thought

E. Nesbit quotes: It's not respectable,' she said. And when people say that, it's no useanyone's saying anything.

It's not respectable,' she said.
And when people say that, it's no use
anyone's saying anything.

E. Nesbit quotes: Girls are just as clever as boys, and don't you forget it!

Girls are just as clever as boys, and don't you forget it!

E. Nesbit quotes: The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all.

The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all.

E. Nesbit quotes: If you're lucky enough to be different, don't you ever changed - Taylor Swift

If you're lucky enough to be different, don't you ever changed - Taylor Swift

E. Nesbit quotes: But what's the use of belonging anywhere if you're invisible?

But what's the use of belonging anywhere if you're invisible?

E. Nesbit quotes: The Baby said, 'Wanty go walky'; and the fly stopped with a last rattle and jolt.

The Baby said, 'Wanty go walky'; and the fly stopped with a last rattle and jolt.

E. Nesbit quotes: There are a thousand spears in my back,' said a little sharp voice, 'and they are all devoted to the Princess and to her alone.

There are a thousand spears in my back,' said a little sharp voice, 'and they are all devoted to the Princess and to her alone.

E. Nesbit quotes: I've not got much money, but I've got heaps of ideas.

I've not got much money, but I've got heaps of ideas.

E. Nesbit quotes: Everyone felt as if it had been trying not to cry all its life,

Everyone felt as if it had been trying not to cry all its life,

E. Nesbit quotes: Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.

Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.

E. Nesbit quotes: Besides, it is wrong to be angry with people for not being so clever as you are yourself. It is not always their faults.

Besides, it is wrong to be angry with people for not being so clever as you are yourself. It is not always their faults.

E. Nesbit quotes: Robert rushed to the gravel-pit, found the Psammead, and presently wished for - But that, too, is another story.

Robert rushed to the gravel-pit, found the Psammead, and presently wished for - But that, too, is another story.

E. Nesbit quotes: Out, out, into the night,The belfry bells are ours by right!

Out, out, into the night,
The belfry bells are ours by right!

E. Nesbit quotes: (The Gentle Reader may perhaps have suffered from this difficulty.)

(The Gentle Reader may perhaps have suffered from this difficulty.)

E. Nesbit quotes: Yes, I know," Lionel interrupted. "Well, I shall read them all. I love to read. I am so glad I learned to read.

Yes, I know," Lionel interrupted. "Well, I shall read them all. I love to read. I am so glad I learned to read.

E. Nesbit quotes: Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as time.

Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as time.

E. Nesbit quotes: A red, red rose, all wet with dew, With leaves of green by red shot through.

A red, red rose, all wet with dew, With leaves of green by red shot through.

E. Nesbit quotes: But it's raining cats and dogs,' said Jane.

But it's raining cats and dogs,' said Jane.

E. Nesbit quotes: And where are you going?""I dunno," said the Spangled Boy. "I'm running from, not to."Book: Wet Magic, Chapter 5.

And where are you going?"
"I dunno," said the Spangled Boy. "I'm running from, not to."
Book: Wet Magic, Chapter 5.

E. Nesbit quotes: Gerald's look assured her that he and the others would be as near angels as children could be without ceasing to be human.

Gerald's look assured her that he and the others would be as near angels as children could be without ceasing to be human.

E. Nesbit quotes: Perhaps there's given up being magic because people didn't believe in it any more.

Perhaps there's given up being magic because people didn't believe in it any more.

E. Nesbit quotes: I don't understand," says Gerald, alone in his third- class carriage, "how railway trains and magic can go on at the same time."And yet they do.

I don't understand," says Gerald, alone in his third- class carriage, "how railway trains and magic can go on at the same time."
And yet they do.

E. Nesbit quotes: I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this.

I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this.

E. Nesbit quotes: Don't ask me no questions and I won't tell you no lies," the red-headed Ruth replied. "You'll know soon enough." Late

Don't ask me no questions and I won't tell you no lies," the red-headed Ruth replied. "You'll know soon enough." Late

E. Nesbit quotes: It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.

E. Nesbit quotes: I think magic went out when people began to have steam-engines, and newspapers, and telephones and wireless telegraphing.

I think magic went out when people began to have steam-engines, and newspapers, and telephones and wireless telegraphing.

E. Nesbit quotes: When the next Saturday came around everyone was a little nervous, but the Red Dragon was pretty quiet that day and only ate an Orphanage.

When the next Saturday came around everyone was a little nervous, but the Red Dragon was pretty quiet that day and only ate an Orphanage.

E. Nesbit quotes: They didn't know being dead is only being asleep, and you're bound to wake up somewhere or other, either where you go to sleep or some better place.

They didn't know being dead is only being asleep, and you're bound to wake up somewhere or other, either where you go to sleep or some better place.

E. Nesbit quotes: Life will give you what you ask of here if only you ask long enough and plainly enough.

Life will give you what you ask of here if only you ask long enough and plainly enough.

E. Nesbit quotes: There is no bond like having read and liked the same books.

There is no bond like having read and liked the same books.

E. Nesbit quotes: It was to keep it whole.

It was to keep it whole.

E. Nesbit quotes: For London is like prison for children, especially if their relations are not rich.

For London is like prison for children, especially if their relations are not rich.

E. Nesbit quotes: It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done.

It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done.

E. Nesbit quotes: The rule of the giant's wife, a most worthy woman, whose only fault was that she was to ready to trust boys.

The rule of the giant's wife, a most worthy woman, whose only fault was that she was to ready to trust boys.

E. Nesbit quotes: Everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep all on.

Everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep all on.

E. Nesbit quotes: Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used to be.

Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used to be.

E. Nesbit quotes: There are brown eyes in the world, after all, as well as blue, and one pair of brown that meant heaven to me as the blue had never done

There are brown eyes in the world, after all, as well as blue, and one pair of brown that meant heaven to me as the blue had never done

E. Nesbit quotes: It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

E. Nesbit quotes: Time and space are only forms of thought.

Time and space are only forms of thought.