We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding

I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.

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

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

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

Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.