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.

The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.

Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!

You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.

When you're paid to do a job, it's better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That's one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See?

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

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!