Five Children And It Quotes
"How very sunny it is - quite like old times. Where do you get your Megatheriums from now?"
"If you were going to buy a carriage and horses, where would you go?"
"It's my turn now to try to buy something with the money," Anthea said; "I'm next eldest."
"I'm not a young duke, and I never pretended to be. And as for tuppence - what do you call this?"
"We won't be let go," said Jane heroically; "not without the boys. It's our money just as much as theirs, you wicked old man."
"She's not mad; it's true," said Anthea; "there is a fairy. If I ever see him again I'll wish for something for you; at least I would if vengeance wasn't wicked - so there!"
"I daresay you’re right," said the policeman at last.
"I don’t see nothing," she said. "You’ve gone out of your senses, you two!"
"Produce the coins, officer," said the inspector.
"It’s very remarkable," said the inspector, frowning.
"Take them away, for goodness’ sake," said the inspector crossly.
"Well, well," it said indulgently, but it shivered.
"I've spent the whole of my waking hours in giving."
"Child," said the Sand-fairy sleepily, "I can only advise you to think before you speak."
"Thank you," it said, "you really are rather thoughtful."
"Stealing is stealing even if you’ve got wings."
"Don’t be frightened," and felt hastily in her pocket for a threepenny-bit with a hole in it.
"Well, from this day forth I'll be a better man. It's the kind of thing to sober a chap for life, this is."
"I'm glad it was only wings, though. I'd rather see birds as aren't there, and couldn't be, even if they pretend to talk, than some things as I could name."
"If so, it was the only one; for really there is nothing like wings for getting you into trouble."
"We can't possibly fly all the way home without dinner or tea."
"What was it Sir Philip Sidney said when the soldier wouldn't stand him a drink?—'My necessity is greater than his.'"
"Our intentions are quite honourable if you only knew."
"Let her cry," said Robert desperately; "if she howls loud enough, someone may hear and come and let us out."
"I can't think what to wish for. I wish you could give one of the others their wish without their having to come here to ask for it."
"I don't know," said Cyril after a pause, "unless it's because we had them. Nothing about us has changed."
"In the name of our Lord the King, and of our good lord and trusty leader Sir Wulfric de Talbot, we summon this castle to surrender—on pain of fire and sword and no quarter. Do ye surrender?"
"No, of course we don't! Never, Never, Never!"
"Cheer to show them we aren’t afraid, and rattle the daggers to make more noise."
"It was getting rather dark in the room above the great gate, and Jane took a very little courage as she remembered that sunset couldn’t be far off now."
"Never! we'll have a parley if you like, but we'll never surrender."
"I won’t go into the Civil Service, whatever anyone says."
"Oh, I wish it wouldn’t! Oh, I wish it wouldn’t! You boys might wish as well!"
"Oh, don't go up!—don't go!—oh, don't go!—wait till daddy comes home!"
"We want you to come and look at the rose-tree."
"He’s a great dear; he is, truly and honourably, and as honest as the day."
"It’s a very, very hot day. He may have come out to warm that whisker of his."
"You see it’s all right," Jane whispered. "She doesn’t remember."
"I wonder if we ever shall see the Psammead again."