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> [Stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/stories-never-really-end-they-can-go-on-and-on-and-on-it-s-just-that/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

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> [“Mrs. May looked back at her. "Kate," she said after a moment, "stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/mrs-may-looked-back-at-her-kate-she-said-after-a-moment-stories-never/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

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## More by Mary Norton

> [“I don't think human beans are all that bad-" "They're bad and they're good," said Pod; "they're honest and they're artful- it's just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/i-don-t-think-human-beans-are-all-that-bad-they-re-bad-and-they-re/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [Human beans are for Borrowers—like bread’s for butter!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/human-beans-are-for-borrowers-like-bread-s-for-butter/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“She learned a lot and some of the things she learned were hard to accept. She was made to realize once and for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/she-learned-a-lot-and-some-of-the-things-she-learned-were-hard-to/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“It's so awful and sad,” she once admitted to Tom Goodenough, “to belong to a race that no sane person believes in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/it-s-so-awful-and-sad-she-once-admitted-to-tom-goodenough-to-belong/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [Misfortunes make us wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/misfortunes-make-us-wise/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [Stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/stories-never-really-end-they-can-go-on-and-on-and-on-it-s-just-that/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“Oh," he said again and picked up two petals of cherry blossom which he folded together like a sandwich and ate slowly. "Supposing," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/oh-he-said-again-and-picked-up-two-petals-of-cherry-blossom-which-he/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“Mrs. May looked back at her. "Kate," she said after a moment, "stories never really end. They can go on and on and on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/mrs-may-looked-back-at-her-kate-she-said-after-a-moment-stories-never/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“The child is right," she announced firmly. Arrietty's eyes grew big. "Oh, no-" she began. It shocked her to be right. Parents were right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/the-child-is-right-she-announced-firmly-arrietty-s-eyes-grew-big-oh/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“Homily would renew it at intervals when it became available upstairs, but since Aunt Sophy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/homily-would-renew-it-at-intervals-when-it-became-available-upstairs/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“As people, other people, living in a house who . . . borrow things?" Mrs. May laid down her work. "What do you think?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/as-people-other-people-living-in-a-house-who-borrow-things-mrs-may/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“The Past is Experience, Thats All You Got to Learn From.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/the-past-is-experience-thats-all-you-got-to-learn-from/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“An inn, of course, was a place you came to at night (not at three o'clock in the afternoon), preferably a rainy night—wind, too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/an-inn-of-course-was-a-place-you-came-to-at-night-not-at-three-o/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

> [“...Borrower's don't steal." "Except from human beings," said the boy. Arrietty burst out laughing; she laughed so much that she had to hide her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-norton/borrower-s-don-t-steal-except-from-human-beings-said-the-boy-arrietty/)

[Mary Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-norton/)

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