Mary Norton quotes:

I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.

Misfortunes make us wise

Human beans are for Borrowers"?like bread's for butter!

Misfortunes make us wise.

Oh no-"she began.It shocked her to be right. Parent's were right, not children. Children could say anything, Arriety knew and enjoy saying it- knowing always they were safe and wrong.

Stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.