a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children. — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
“Good-bye, Mrs Bartholemew," said tom, shaking hands with stiff politeness; "and thank you very much for having me." "I shall look forward to our meeting again," said Mrs Bartholemew, equally primly. Tom went slowly down the attic stairs. Then, at the bottom, he hesitated: he turned impulsively and ran up again - two at a time - to where Hatty… — Philippa Pearce Copy Share
“A habit of solitude in early childhood is not easily broken. Indeed, it may prove lifelong.” — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
“He criss-crossed the kitchen-garden beyond the asparagus beds: fruit trees and strawberry beds and bean poles and a chicken-wire enclosure where raspberry canes and gooseberry bushes and currant bushes lived sheltered from the attack of birds. Beside the gooseberry wire grew a row of rhubarb. Each clump was covered with the end of an old tub or pot drain-pipe with… — Philippa Pearce Copy Share
The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between [the writer's] present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the same for… — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
“...And you probably have little idea of how delicious - how toothsome - how scrumptious - they are when eaten fresh. Of course, I… — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children. — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
“Was his brother’s name Cain?’ asked Tom. Hatty pretended not to have heard him. This was particularly irritating to Tom, as it was what… — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
“You're very old, aren't you?" "Just as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.” — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
“If you don't get it, you don't get it." ... "If you don't get it, you may yet.” — Philippa Pearce Copy Share Image
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