Circus Shoes Quotes

“She never did or said anything without first thinking how ‘Her Grace’ would have said or done it. As the duchess’s sayings and doings had been rather a bore, Aunt Rebecca’s were too.”

“Santa was amazed. It did not sound a bit like Peter talking. Such a grand, quiet, that-is-my-last-word-I-don’t-want-to-be-argued-with kind of voice, just like a grown up person’s.”

“I don’t know where we’ll go tonight. Tomorrow we’ll find Cob’s Circus.”

“That I should live to see the day when what concerns the welfare of the nephew and niece of my oldest friend should be kept from me!”

“A woman’s glory is her hair.”

“Of course, many friends and relations might just as well not be there for all the good they do anybody. But most people have a few nice ones. Peter and Santa had nobody.”

“You must find a place of us. Here you sit and all you say is it can’t be helped. But it’s got to be helped. I won’t live somewhere else than Peter.”

“If ever a dig in the ribs meant ‘Don’t be a fool, trust me,’ that one did.”

“You have become clever all of a sudden.”

“It seemed odd to become as fond of anybody in a short time as Santa had of Bill. He saw them onto the bus for King’s Cross, and as the bus moved off she had a lump in her throat as if she were saying good-bye to an old friend.”

‴The circus!′ The policeman laughed. ‘You’re a bit early, sonny. The circus won’t be here till tomorrow.‘”