Hugh Lofting Quotes

#1. Dear me, what an unsatisfactory world it was! When one did find a nice kind of life something or somebody always seemed to shove you out of it just as you were beginning to enjoy it.

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#2. You stupid piece of warm bacon.

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#3. Money," he said, "is a terrible nuisance. But it's nice not to have to worry.

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#4. If I had my way ... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down ... You can see it in their eyes ...

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#5. I don't believe in a lot of baggage. It's such a nuisance. Life's too short to fuss with it. And it isn't really necessary

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#6. The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

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#7. There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species.

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#8. Some people you will always have about you whom you can trust, and no man these days can boast of more than that. Remember them; forget the others.

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#9. I suppose once you've been accused of being a witch, you're never really safe. People may blame all sorts of accidents and misfortunes on you.

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#10. Was it the Twilight of Magic? Perhaps. But only today's. Magic could never die while the sun had the power to rise again and man had the wish to seek.

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#11. I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.

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#12. Great decisions often take no more than a moment in the making.

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