Philippa Pearce

“Good-bye, Mrs Bartholemew," said tom, shaking hands with stiff politeness; "and thank you very much for having me." "I shall look forward…

— Philippa Pearce

“A habit of solitude in early childhood is not easily broken. Indeed, it may prove lifelong.”

— Philippa Pearce

“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…

— Philippa Pearce

The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between [the writer's] present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the…

— Philippa Pearce

“...And you probably have little idea of how delicious - how toothsome - how scrumptious - they are when eaten fresh. Of…

— Philippa Pearce

a good deal of childhood is strong stuff for adults and totally unsuitable for children.

— Philippa Pearce

“Was his brother’s name Cain?’ asked Tom. Hatty pretended not to have heard him. This was particularly irritating to Tom, as it…

— Philippa Pearce

Nothing stands still, except in our memory.

— Philippa Pearce

“You're very old, aren't you?" "Just as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.”

— Philippa Pearce

“If you don't get it, you don't get it." ... "If you don't get it, you may yet.”

— Philippa Pearce