How very wet this water is.

Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.

Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved.

I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.

He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.