Quotes by : E. Nesbit

For really there is nothing like wings for getting you into trouble. But, on the other hand, if you are....

It's not respectable,' she said. And when people say that, it's no useanyone's saying anything.

I don't agree with you in the least," said Temple— "about marriage, I mean. A man ought to want to....

She had been to her Great-Aunt Willoughby’s before, and she knew exactly what to expect. She would....

This shows you that even mistakes are sometimes valuable, so do not be hard on grown-up people if they....

How many miles to Babylon?Three score and ten!Can I get there by candle light?Yes, and back again?

It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to....

Boys and girls are only little men and women. And WE are much harder and hardier than they are--" (Peter....

What a night it was! The jagged masses of heavy dark cloud were rolling at intervals from horizon to....

Gerald's look assured her that he and the others would be as near angels as children could be without....