"Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I……" — E. Nesbit
"Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder."
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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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I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other…
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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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