I said I 'liked' being half-educated; you were so much more 'surprised' at everything when you were ignorant.

I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.

We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing costume, of course,' said Mother. 'What on earth did you think it was?' 'It looks like a badly skinned whale,' said Larry, peering at it closely.

Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.

There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.