Mrs. Jackson Quotes in Swallows and Amazons (2016)

Mrs. Jackson: [to Mrs Walker] If life were always early to bed, we'd never learn owt.

Mrs. Jackson: No wonder he's single. Even his own sister finds him impossible. Who knows what's going on in that boat? Something fishy, and I don't mean with nets.

Megan Davis: But I can't understand it. The owner of the car looked so civilized. I wonder who he was?

Mrs. Jackson: Some rich merchant. Taking refuge in the Settlement. But don't be fooled about his looking civilized. They're all tricky, treacherous and immoral. I can't tell one from another. They're all Chinamen to me.

Bob: I've got to get a pass from one of the Chinese Generals.

Mrs. Jackson: That's what we call our gangsters here, Generals.