45 Quotes by P.L. Travers

Some people,” remarked Mary Poppins, putting her down, “think a great deal too much. Of that I am sure.

Thank you, ma’am,” said Mary Poppins with icy politeness. “But I bring the children up in my own way and take advice from nobody,

One and one makes two,' she declared. 'And two halves make a whole. And Faithful Friends should be together, never kept apart.

And what's more, he'll go and live with his friend unless his friend is allowed to come in and live with him...His friend must have a silk cushion just like his and sleep in your room too. Otherwise he will go and sleep in the coal-cellar with his friend

We're on the brink of an Adventure. Don't spoil it by asking questions!

Mary Poppins is not a fairy-tale.""She's even better!" said Alfred loyally. "She's a fairy-tale come true.

You should trust the children; they can stand more than we can.

This is the way the wheel turns, coming at last to full circle, with wild as well as tame at he crib; lion and turtle-dove together an barnyard beasts lying down with the fox. For wild and tame are but two hlaves and here, where all begins and ends, everything must be whole.And always, among the sleepers, there must be somebody waking - somewhere, someone, waking and watchful. Or what would happen to the world..?

Gently, please, gently!” she warned, as they crowded about her. “This is a baby, not a battle-ship!