The Magic World Quotes

“There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read—unless it be reading while you eat. Amabel did both: they are not the same thing, as you will see if you think the matter over.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World

“So he caught her in his arms and kissed her, and they were very happy, and told each other what a beautiful world it was, and how wonderful it was that they should have found each other, seeing that the world is not only beautiful but rather large.”
― Edith Nesbit, The Magic World

“Out, out, into the night,
The belfry bells are ours by right!”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World

“If you say that the China Cat might have lost its ear-tips in battle you are the kind of person who always makes difficulties, and you may be quite sure that the kind of splendid magics that happened to Tavy will never happen to you.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World

“Please dismiss any fears which you may entertain that after this Maurice became a model boy. He didn’t. But he was much nicer than before.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World

“I would kiss you on every one of your thousand spears,' she said, 'to give you what you wish.'
'Kiss me once,' it said, 'where my fur is soft. That is all I wish, and enough to live and die for.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World

“My boy, you’ve been like a son to me, but now it’s time you got married and had sons of your own. Is there any girl you’d like to marry?’ ‘No,’ said Sep, ‘I never did care much for girls.’ The old lord laughed.”
― E. Nesbit, The Magic World