The Phoenix and the Carpet Quotes

“The ones I got are all right,’ Jane said; ‘I know they are, because the man at the shop said they were worth thribble the money–’ ‘I’m sure thribble isn’t grammar,’ Anthea said. ‘Of course it isn’t,’ said Cyril; ‘one word can’t be grammar all by itself, so you needn’t be so jolly clever.”
― E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet

“But I acquired the habit of laying my egg and burning myself every five hundred years–and you know how difficult it is to break yourself of a habit.”
― E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet

“It has been said that all roads lead to Rome; this may be true, but at any rate, in early youth I am quite sure that many roads lead to BED, and stop there–or YOU do.”
― E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet