Danny Dunn, Time Traveler Quotes

“A delightful land, England,” Mr. Franklin said. “I confess my thoughts have often turned to making my home there, although I cannot persuade my good Debby to cross the seas. Of all the enviable things England has, I envy it most its people. That pretty island, with”
― Jay Williams, Danny Dunn, Time Traveler

“and Joe shook hands with him gravely. “It scares me,” Irene said, “but it’s so exciting, too. It’s like one of those stories in which people can do magical things, like fly, or fight dragons, or make themselves invisible.” Professor Bullfinch took her gently by the shoulders and turned her to face the wall opposite the windows. Next to the blackboard there was a piece of paper with something lettered on it, set in a gold frame. “Can you read that?” he said. Irene read aloud: The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. —Albert Einstein”
― Raymond Abrashkin, Danny Dunn, Time Traveler