“Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us.” LifeWritingGodChristianReadingBooksMistakesStoryRailwayNesbit Book:The Railway Children Source: The Railway Children
“One of the uses of poetry - one says it to oneself in distressing circumstances, ... or when one has to wait at railway stations, or when one cannot get to sleep at night.” UsePoetryNightWaitingSleepCircumstancesOneselfStationsRailwayDistressingRailway Station Book:Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit Source: Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit
“It is all very wonderful and mysterious, as all life is apt to be if you go a little below the crust, and are not content just to read newspapers and go by the Tube Railway, and buy your clothes ready-made, and think nothing can be true unless it is uninteresting.” IfsThinkingLittlesMadeLife IsWonderfulReadyClothesNewspapersBeing TrueMysteriousTubesRailway Book:The House of Arden Source: The House of Arden