A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories Quotes

“Trees are swayed by winds, men by words.”
― Joan Aiken, The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories

“You may think it odd that there were three men to look after one tiny station, but the people who ran the railway knew that if you left two men together in a lonely place they would quarrel, but if you left three men, two of them could always grumble to each other about the third, and then they would be quite happy.”
― Joan Aiken, A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories