There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born

Thank goodness my education was neglected.

The shorter and the plainer the better.

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.