Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.

Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!’ said Jimmy longingly. ‘How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!

I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting children than most.

I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!

We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done.

Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.

Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.