Eric Linklater Quotes

“You know how hard it is to learn to be good. Well, it may be just as hard to learn to be naughty.”

‘Food,’ they said, ‘is the most important thing in the world. We love eating, and we mean to eat more and more.‘”

“When there is wind on the moon, you must be very careful how you behave. Because if it is an ill-wind, and you behave badly, it will blow straight into your heart, and then you will behave badly for a long time to come.”

″‘Very often,’ said Dorinda, ‘when we think we are behaving well, some grown-up person says we are really quite bad. It’s difficult to tell which is which.‘”

“She and Dorinda had talked a good deal about the wind on the moon, that might have blown into their hearts, and both of them felt that the time was coming when they were going to be naughtier than ever before. They were very excited about it, because they expected to enjoy themselves thoroughly.”

″‘I know something that is far more important than knowledge.’ ‘What is that?’ asked Miss Serendip. ‘Food,’ said Dinah.”

“As soon as they saw Dinah and Dorinda, they all shouted at once, ‘Balloons, balloons, balloons! Look at the big balloons!‘”

″‘We did enjoy crying to begin with,’ said Dinah. ‘It was very nice and satisfying. Just to let yourself go, and howl and sob like anything, and make no effort to stop, is quite a luxury, I think.‘”

″‘You must never contradict your mother,’ said Miss Serendip. ‘Every mother loves her children, and knows what is best for them.‘”