The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales. — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“It’s just that we wear rose-coloured spectacles when we return here [to Oxford] – we are dazzled by the foolish idealism of our youthful… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth;… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“Granted, a man may smile and smile and be a villain, but it takes nerve.” — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“It’s the Queen’s English now,’ observed Peter mildly. ‘Is there a difference?’ asked Oundle rhetorically. ‘I fervently hope not.’ ‘There will be in time,’… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“[A]fter all, the position of a reader in a book is very like that occupied by angels in the world, when angels still had… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people. — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“Harriet said, "You shouldn't have reminded me to sign that book, Peter." "Why ever not? Have you suddenly become bashful about your hard-earned glories?"… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
“Bunter came with me in the role of a friend. A role he has always played to perfection." "It does not require dissimulation, my… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
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