There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books.' ― #EdithNesbit, born #OnThisDay 1858

There's no end to this tunnel', said Phyllis - and indeed it did seem very, very long.'Stick to it', said Peter; 'everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep on.'Which is quite true, if you come to think of it, and a useful thing to remember in seasons of trouble - such as measles, arithmetic, impositions, and those times when you are in disgrace , and feel as though no one would ever love you again, and you could never - never again - love anybody.

It's not respectable,' she said. And when people say that, it's no useanyone's saying anything.

But the dragon was asleep under the whirlpools, and when he woke up from being asleep he found he was drowned, so there was an end of him.

So he caught her in his arms and kissed her, and they were very happy, and told each other what a beautiful world it was, and how wonderful it was that they should have found each other, seeing that the world is not only beautiful but rather large.