"I never read prefaces, and it is not……" — E. Nesbit
"I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this."
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22 Quotes by E. Nesbit
E. Nesbit has 22 quotes on this site.
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I think everyone in the world is friends if you can only get them to see you don't want to…
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There is a curtain, thin as gossamer, clear as glass, strong as iron, that hangs forever between the world of…
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A red, red rose, all wet with dew, With leaves of green by red shot through.
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The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor…
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The ones as big as sheep were easier to avoid, because you could see them coming, but when they flew…
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I'll plant and water, sow and weed, Till not an inch of earth shows brown, And take a vow of…
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It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
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It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.
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This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened. You will…
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People think six is a great many, when it's children. ...they don't mind six pairs of boots, or six pounds…
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Then suddenly Jack was a changed boy. Something wonderful had happened to him, and it had made him different. It…
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...Albert-next-door doesn't care for reading, and he has not read nearly so many books as we have, so he is…
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More Authors Quotes
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
— Francis Bacon
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
— Joseph Addison
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It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.
— John Berger
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't…
— Alain de Botton
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Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's…
— Nick Cave
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
— Madeleine Albright
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading…
— Joseph Addison
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Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends…
— Richard Bach
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom…
— Albert Camus
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
— Stephen Vizinczey
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