Quotes from Enid Blyton

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

I am not really much interested in talking to adults, although I suppose practically every mother in the kingdom knows my name and my books. It's their children I love.

It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.

The moon was coming slowly up over the hill in front of them. The countryside was bathed in light, pale and cold and silvery. Everything could be seen quite plainly, and Lotta and Jimmy thought it was just like daytime with the colours missing.

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

I believe anyone could light a cigarette from the sparks that fly from your eyes!

You may be a failure at the moment – but you're a very fine failure, Darrell! You're a lot better than some people who think they're a success.

It is. It's got the most gorgeous view over the sea, too,' said Alicia. 'It's built on the cliff, you know. It's lucky you're in North Tower – that's got the best view of all!

Well you needn't have any 'feelings' about mountains, said Philip. Mountains are all the same - just tops, middles and bottoms, sometimes with sheep on and sometimes without.

You can't possibly do anything if you think you can't. But you can do impossible things sometimes if you think you can.

The train whistled, and chuffed out of the station. The children pressed their noses to the window and watched the dirty houses and the tall chimneys race by. How they hated the town! How lovely it would be to be in the clean country, with flowers growing everywhere, and birds singing in the hedges! Pg 5

I don't mind taking orders from them as has the right to give them, she said, but take orders from that ridiculous bird I will not.

I don't feel at all brave,' thought Jack, 'but I suppose a person is really bravest when he does something although he is frightened. So here goes!

Adventures always come to the adventurous, there's no doubt about that!

Jimmy held on to the reins for dear life, and thought that a horse was about the most slippery creature to sit on that he had ever met. He slithered first one way and then another, and at last he slid off altogether and landed with a bump on the ground. Sticky Stanley and Lotta held on to one another and laughed till the tears ran down their faces. They thought it was the funniest sight in the world to see poor Jimmy slipping about on the solemn, cantering horse.

Never take the easy way out if it means being dishonest or untruthful

Today it was Felicity who crept up behind, gave Jo an enormous shove, and landed her in the pool with a colossal splash! Jo came up, gasping and spluttering, furiously angry. When she had got the water out of her mouth, she turned on the laughing Felicity. 'You beast! That's the second time you've done that.

There, there, baby!' said Julian, patting his little sister on the back and laughing at her furious face.

I never have bruises like that. I suppose it's being fat that makes them spread so. Won't you look lovely when you go yellow-green? That's one thing about me, said Fatty, I'm a wonderful bruiser. Once, when I ran into the goal-post at football, I got a bruise just here that was exactly the shape of a church-bell. It was most peculiar.

get the collection of blankets and rugs from the boat. They arranged them in the corners of the little room, and thought that it would be very exciting to spend the night there. 'The two girls can sleep together on this pile of rugs,' said Julian. 'And we two boys will have this pile.' George looked as if she didn't want to be put with Anne, and classed as a girl. But Anne didn't

We all have good and bad in us, and we have to strive all the time to make the good cancel out the bad. We can never be perfect – we all of us do mean or wrong things at times – but we can at least make amends by trying to cancel out the wrong by doing something worthy later on.

Our failures are those who do not learn these things in the years they are here.

You can't help being an only child. They're always a bit odd

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!