The Swiss Twins Quotes

“High on the kitchen wall of an old farm-house on a mountain-side in Switzerland there hangs a tiny wooden clock. In the tiny wooden clock there lives a tiny wooden cuckoo, and every hour he hops out of his tiny wooden door, takes a look about to see what is going on in the world, shouts out the time of day, and pops back again into his little dark house, there to wait and tick away the minutes until it is time once more to tell the hour.”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins

“The children could see their own roof, weighted down by stones, peeping over the edge of the hill long before they were anywhere near it, and they fastened their homesick eyes upon it as a sailor fixes his upon the North Star at sea.”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins

“Trust the good God, do not be afraid, and soon your troubles will be over and you will be once more in your mother's arms.”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins

“You see if there were never any danger, there never could be any heroes at all!”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins

“You see that was Peter's chance to show what he was made of, and he didn't miss his chance. He did the right thing, even though he was afraid. It's a great thing not to miss one's chance.”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins

“a great silence settled over the mountain.”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins

“It's much cleverer to keep out of trouble than to get out.”
― Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Swiss Twins