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P.L. Travers quotes: I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.

I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.

P.L. Travers quotes: I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.

P.L. Travers quotes: she wore so many brooches and necklaces and earrings that she jingled and jangled just like a brass band.

she wore so many brooches and necklaces and earrings that she jingled and jangled just like a brass band.

P.L. Travers quotes: I hate being good.-Mary Poppins

I hate being good.
-Mary Poppins

P.L. Travers quotes: The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What.

The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What.

P.L. Travers quotes: Once we have accepted the story we cannot escape the story's fate.

Once we have accepted the story we cannot escape the story's fate.

P.L. Travers quotes: Mary Poppins," he cried, "you'll never leave us, will you?

Mary Poppins," he cried, "you'll never leave us, will you?

P.L. Travers quotes: But at the very moment she was thinking these thoughts, adventure, as she afterwards told my Mother, was stalking her.

But at the very moment she was thinking these thoughts, adventure, as she afterwards told my Mother, was stalking her.

P.L. Travers quotes: There are worlds beyond worlds and times beyond times, all of them true, all of them real, and all of them (as children know) penetrating each other.

There are worlds beyond worlds and times beyond times, all of them true, all of them real, and all of them (as children know) penetrating each other.

P.L. Travers quotes: Stories are like birds flying, here and gone in a moment.

Stories are like birds flying, here and gone in a moment.

P.L. Travers quotes: I shouldn't wonder if you didn't wonder much too much!

I shouldn't wonder if you didn't wonder much too much!

P.L. Travers quotes: This is your new nurse, Mary Poppins.

This is your new nurse, Mary Poppins.

P.L. Travers quotes: I never wrote my books especially for children.

I never wrote my books especially for children.

P.L. Travers quotes: More and more I've become convinced that the great treasure to possess is the unknown.

More and more I've become convinced that the great treasure to possess is the unknown.

P.L. Travers quotes: My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, either.

My family didn't like me going on the stage, and they didn't much like my being a writer, either.

P.L. Travers quotes: Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

P.L. Travers quotes: Child and serpent, star and stone - all one.

Child and serpent, star and stone - all one.

P.L. Travers quotes: Mary Poppins is not a fairy-tale.""She's even better!" said Alfred loyally. "She's a fairy-tale come true.

Mary Poppins is not a fairy-tale."
"She's even better!" said Alfred loyally. "She's a fairy-tale come true.

P.L. Travers quotes: I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

P.L. Travers quotes: Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.

Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.

P.L. Travers quotes: Mary Poppins never told anybody anything. . . .

Mary Poppins never told anybody anything. . . .

P.L. Travers quotes: I think the idea of 'Mary Poppins' has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.

I think the idea of 'Mary Poppins' has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.

P.L. Travers quotes: Robertson Ay was sitting in the garden busily doing nothing.

Robertson Ay was sitting in the garden busily doing nothing.

P.L. Travers quotes: Michael, you shall have some syrup of figs.

Michael, you shall have some syrup of figs.

P.L. Travers quotes: Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?

Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?

P.L. Travers quotes: A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

P.L. Travers quotes: We're on the brink of an Adventure. Don't spoil it by asking questions!

We're on the brink of an Adventure. Don't spoil it by asking questions!

P.L. Travers quotes: Trouble trouble and it will trouble you.

Trouble trouble and it will trouble you.

P.L. Travers quotes: You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.

You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.

P.L. Travers quotes: So it was settled, and that was how the Banks family came to live at Number Seventeen, with Mrs. Brill to cook for them,

So it was settled, and that was how the Banks family came to live at Number Seventeen, with Mrs. Brill to cook for them,

P.L. Travers quotes: You can't expect two stars to drop in the same field in one lifetime

You can't expect two stars to drop in the same field in one lifetime

P.L. Travers quotes: She sounds like you, Mary Poppins,' said Michael. 'So terribly pleased with herself!

She sounds like you, Mary Poppins,' said Michael. 'So terribly pleased with herself!

P.L. Travers quotes: Tea is balm for the soul, don't you agree?

Tea is balm for the soul, don't you agree?

P.L. Travers quotes: What is real and what is not? Can you tell me or I you? Perhaps we shall never know more than this - that to think a thing is to

What is real and what is not? Can you tell me or I you? Perhaps we shall never know more than this - that to think a thing is to make it true.

P.L. Travers quotes: A very excellent and worthy person, thoroughly reliable in every particular.

A very excellent and worthy person, thoroughly reliable in every particular.

P.L. Travers quotes: If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.

If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.

P.L. Travers quotes: Michael knew now what was happening to him. He knew he was going to be naughty.

Michael knew now what was happening to him. He knew he was going to be naughty.

P.L. Travers quotes: Sir Christopher Wren's Cathedral

Sir Christopher Wren's Cathedral

P.L. Travers quotes: I'm the Waiter, you know!

I'm the Waiter, you know!

P.L. Travers quotes: Michael, "I never expected the wish to come true."The Trout, "Great Oceans! Why bother to wish it, then? I call that simply a waste of time.

Michael, "I never expected the wish to come true."
The Trout, "Great Oceans! Why bother to wish it, then? I call that simply a waste of time.

P.L. Travers quotes: Next time you must stay for tea and we'll all sit together on a rock and sing a song to the moon

Next time you must stay for tea and we'll all sit together on a rock and sing a song to the moon

P.L. Travers quotes: She paused, as though she were remembering events that happened hundreds of years before that time.

She paused, as though she were remembering events that happened hundreds of years before that time.

P.L. Travers quotes: He knew, the moment he opened his eyes, that something was wrong but he was not quite sure what it was.

He knew, the moment he opened his eyes, that something was wrong but he was not quite sure what it was.

P.L. Travers quotes: What I want to know is this: Are the stars gold paper or is the gold paper stars?

What I want to know is this: Are the stars gold paper or is the gold paper stars?

P.L. Travers quotes: Mary Poppins was very vain and liked to look her best. Indeed, she was quite sure that she never looked anything else.

Mary Poppins was very vain and liked to look her best. Indeed, she was quite sure that she never looked anything else.

P.L. Travers quotes: Well, au revoir, one and all.

Well, au revoir, one and all.

P.L. Travers quotes: When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.

When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.

P.L. Travers quotes: Carpet," said Mary Poppins, putting her key in the lock.

Carpet," said Mary Poppins, putting her key in the lock.

P.L. Travers quotes: He could smell her crackling white apron and the faint flavour of toast that always hung about her so deliciously.

He could smell her crackling white apron and the faint flavour of toast that always hung about her so deliciously.

P.L. Travers quotes: And all the time he was enjoying his badness, hugging it to him as though it were a friend, and not caring a bit.

And all the time he was enjoying his badness, hugging it to him as though it were a friend, and not caring a bit.