Alison Uttley Quotes

“All these scents and sounds are part of the story I have to tell, with light and darkness, shadows and tragedy interwoven.”

“My sore throat miraculously disappeared, so that I was quite well the very same day.”

″‘You saw them? You’ve seen them?’ She looked at me with astonishment and then drew me into her arms. ‘It’s the secret of Thackers.’

“I followed as sedately as I could after her, but my feet wouldn’t move quietly, they felt they must dance as if they were bewitched by the strangeness of everything.”

“Aunt Tissie, I could live here for ever and ever.”

“Aunt Tissie, I opened a door and saw some ladies sitting in a room. Who were they?”

“At each station somebody got out and the rest cried good-night, and sent messages to those at home. We felt they were all one family, they knew everybody and were friendly together.”

″‘They weren’t ghosts,’ I cried eagerly. ‘They were real, quite alive like you and me.‘”

“A whistling woman and a crowing hen deserves to have their heads cut off?′

“She is one with us, a part of Thackers. Thackers is like a rock, sheltering us.”

“You shall have milk as long as old Hedgehog has some prickles left.”

“The hare, who wore a blue coat on weekdays and a red coat on Sundays, was a conceited fellow.”

“You must take care you don’t get caught, even if we do go without milk.”

“I declare you have given us lettuce again. Really, my dear, you must think of something new for breakfast.”

“But the little rabbit, who always wore a dress with a white collar and cuffs, was not proud at all.”

“The squirrel, who wore a brown dress on weekdays and a yellow dress on Sundays, was proud.”