quotes by P.L. Travers
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"If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads."
— P.L. Travers
— P.L. Travers
"That's coral!" she cried in astonisment. "We must be down in the deeps of the sea!"
"Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" said the trout. "I thought you wished you could see the sea!"
"I did," said Jane, looking very surprised. "But I never expected the wish to come true."
"Great oceans! Why bother to wish it then? I call that simply a waste of time. But come on! Mustn't be late for the party!""
— P.L. Travers
"Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" said the trout. "I thought you wished you could see the sea!"
"I did," said Jane, looking very surprised. "But I never expected the wish to come true."
"Great oceans! Why bother to wish it then? I call that simply a waste of time. But come on! Mustn't be late for the party!""
— P.L. Travers
""Who are you?" she inquired, as the cat passed by.
"I'm the cat that looked at a king," he replied.
"And I," she remarked with a toss of her head, "am the cow that jumped over the moon."
"Is that so?" said the cat. "Whatever for?"
The cow stared. She had never been asked that question before. And suddenly it occured to her that there might something else to do than jumping over moons."
— P.L. Travers
"I'm the cat that looked at a king," he replied.
"And I," she remarked with a toss of her head, "am the cow that jumped over the moon."
"Is that so?" said the cat. "Whatever for?"
The cow stared. She had never been asked that question before. And suddenly it occured to her that there might something else to do than jumping over moons."
— P.L. Travers
