45 Quotes by P.L. Travers

I shouldn't wonder if you didn't wonder much too much!

That's coral!" she cried in astonishment. "We must be down in the deeps of the sea!"Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" said the trout. "I thought you wished you could see the sea!"I did," said Jane, looking very surprised. "But I never expected the wish to come true."Great oceans! Why bother to wish it then? I call that simply a waste of time. But come on! Mustn't be late for the party!

Michael, "I never expected the wish to come true."The Trout, "Great Oceans! Why bother to wish it, then? I call that simply a waste of time.

Don’t you know that everybody’s got a Fairyland of their own?

If I were some people,” she remarked acidly, “I’d mind my own business!

What's the good of knowing if you don't tell anyone?

A very excellent and worthy person, thoroughly reliable in every particular.

And when, at last, .... I stood in London with ten pounds in my hand - five of which I promptly lost - the ancestors dwelling in my blood who, all my life, had summoned me with insistent eldritch voices, murmured together, like contented cats.

Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?