Geoffrey Trease Quotes

“Some people think, because I’m not very big, that I’m not very strong.”

“The situation was desperate, but with each narrow escape I was getting more and more weary of the whole business. I just wanted this wild adventure to end, even if it ended in capture.”

“And Heaven help the man who puts a stone wall round them and calls them his- even if he has money and men in livery and a ‘Sir’ in front of his name.”

“I’d always wanted to see the outside world, I’d always wanted adventure, and now I was going to get it with a vengeance.”

“I wanted something to take my mind off homesickness and the fear of death or prison. So I went- yes, and paid another penny for a stool to rest my weary bones, and yet another penny (reckless extravagance!) for a portion of hot roast mutton on a skewer.”

“The Devil has a great reputation for destroying what honest men would be glad to see out of the way!”

“Least said soonest mended.”