A Bear Called Paddington Quotes

“It's nice having a bear about the house.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“Please look after this bear.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“Things are always happening to me. I’m that sort of bear.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“I'm not a criminal,” said Paddington, hotly. “I'm a bear!”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“he didn’t think much of the ticket. He examined carefully the piece of green cardboard which he held in his paw. “It doesn’t seem much to get for eighty pence,” he said. After all the lovely whirring and clanking noises the ticket machine had made, it did seem disappointing. He’d expected much more for his money.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“I suppose,” she said to Paddington as they stepped on the escalator, “we ought really to carry you. It says you’re supposed to carry dogs, but it doesn’t say anything about bears.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“The Browns were holding a council of war in the dining room, and Mr. Brown was fighting a losing battle.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name for a bear, for Paddington was the name of the station.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“[Paddington] looked up to see that Mrs Brown had been joined by a little girl, with laughing blue eyes and long, fair hair.”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington

“Things aren’t always”
― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington