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“One and one makes two,' she declared. 'And two halves make a whole. And Faithful Friends should be together, never kept apart.”

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Book:Mary Poppins in the Park

Source: Mary Poppins in the Park

“I'll stay till the wind changes.”

Mary Poppins P L Travers

Author:P. L. Travers

“At the Zoo? Me? A quiet, orderly person who knows that early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise?”

Mary Poppins P L Travers

Author:P. L. Travers

“Feed the Birds, Tuppence a Bag!”

Mary Poppins P L Travers

Author:P. L. Travers

“None of your business," snapped Mary Poppins. "And it's rude to whisper.”

Mary Poppins P L Travers

Author:P. L. Travers

“On one occasion, an ancient great-aunt of mine, hieratically assuming a head-dress of feather and globules of jet, required me to accompany her to the beehives. ‘But you surely don't need a hat, Aunt Jane! They're only at the end of the garden.’ ‘It is the custom,’ she said, grandly. ‘Put a scarf over your head.’ Arrived, she stood in silence for a moment. Then — ‘I have to tell you,’ she said, formally, ‘that King George V is dead. You may be sorry, but I am not. He was not an interesting man. Besides,’ she added — as though the bees needed the telling! — ‘everyone has to die’.”

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Book:What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story

Source: What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story