"There is a negative proof of the value of Latin: No one seems to boast of not knowing it."

“It takes no guts to be skeptical, it takes guts to believe.”

“Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.”

“The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.”

“You'll be surprised how much better you feel about the world when you feel better about your self.”

“Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.”

“The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals.”

“It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.”

“It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself.”

Source : Eleanor Farjeon (1960). “A nursery in the nineties”