Books Quote by Jill Paton Walsh
““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?" "Because it watn's hers," said Harriet. "It was a library copy." "Stroke of luck for the ratepaers of the City of Westminster," he said, grinning.””
![“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 years.” quote by Jill Paton Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b0f/jill-paton-walsh-38453_oxford_it-s-just-that-we-wear-rose-coloured-spe_272645.jpg)
![“[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 any credibility. Yours is, like theirs, a hovering, gravely attentive presence, observing everything, from whom nothing is concealed, for angels are very bright mirrors. Hearts…” quote by Jill Paton Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c06/jill-paton-walsh-38453_books_a-fter-all-the-position-of-a-reader-in-a_2137626.jpg)
