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P.L. Travers Quote: “You don’t look too blooming,” he said to Mary Poppins. “But then, nobody does – – ” Mary Poppins tossed her head. “Speak for yourself,” she said crossly, and flounced to the door, pushing the perambulator so fiercely that it bumped into a bag of oysters.”

51. “You don’t look too blooming,” he said to Mary Poppins. “But then, nobody does – – ” Mary Poppins tossed her head. “Speak for yourself,” she said crossly, and flounced to the door, pushing the perambulator so fiercely that it bumped into a bag of oysters.”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “Some people,” remarked Mary Poppins, putting her down, “think a great deal too much. Of that I am sure.”

52. “Some people,” remarked Mary Poppins, putting her down, “think a great deal too much. Of that I am sure.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “And here it is worth while remembering, since we are discussing Not Writing for Children, that neither the Sleeping Beauty nor Rumpelstiltzkin was really written for children. In fact, none of the fundamental fairy stories was ever written at all. They all arose spontaneously from the folk and were transmitted orally from generation to generation to unlettered listeners of all ages.”

53. “And here it is worth while remembering, since we are discussing Not Writing for Children, that neither the Sleeping Beauty nor Rumpelstiltzkin was really written for children. In fact, none of the fundamental fairy stories was ever written at all. They all arose spontaneously from the folk and were transmitted orally from generation to generation to unlettered listeners of all ages.”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “Good-bye,” said Michael to the Bird Woman. “Feed the Birds,” she replied, smiling. “Good-bye,” said Jane. “Tuppence a Bag!” said the Bird Woman and waved her hand.”

54. “Good-bye,” said Michael to the Bird Woman. “Feed the Birds,” she replied, smiling. “Good-bye,” said Jane. “Tuppence a Bag!” said the Bird Woman and waved her hand.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “What is real and what is not? Can you tell me or I you? Perhaps we shall never know more than this – that to think a thing is to make it true.”

55. “What is real and what is not? Can you tell me or I you? Perhaps we shall never know more than this – that to think a thing is to make it true.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “Sir Christopher Wren’s Cathedral.”

56. “Sir Christopher Wren’s Cathedral.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “There they were, all together, up in the air.”

57. “There they were, all together, up in the air.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What.”

58. “The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What.”

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

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

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P.L. Travers Quote: “Why,” said Jane, “there’s nothing in it!” “What do you mean – nothing?” demanded Mary Poppins, drawing herself up and looking as though she had been insulted. “Nothing in it, did you say?” And with that she took out from the empty bag a starched white apron and tied it round her waist. Next she unpacked a large cake of Sunlight Soap, a toothbrush, a packet of hairpins, a bottle of scent, a small folding armchair and a box of throat lozenges.”

60. “Why,” said Jane, “there’s nothing in it!” “What do you mean – nothing?” demanded Mary Poppins, drawing herself up and looking as though she had been insulted. “Nothing in it, did you say?” And with that she took out from the empty bag a starched white apron and tied it round her waist. Next she unpacked a large cake of Sunlight Soap, a toothbrush, a packet of hairpins, a bottle of scent, a small folding armchair and a box of throat lozenges.”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “One and one makes two,′ she declared. ‘And two halves make a whole. And Faithful Friends should be together, never kept apart.”

61. “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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P.L. Travers Quote: “She sounds like you, Mary Poppins,′ said Michael. ‘So terribly pleased with herself!”

62. “She sounds like you, Mary Poppins,′ said Michael. ‘So terribly pleased with herself!”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “Miss Lark had two gates. One was for Miss Lark’s friends and relations, and the other for the Butcher and the Baker and the Milkman. Once the Baker made a mistake and came in through the gate reserved for the friends and relations, and Miss Lark was so angry that she said she wouldn’t have any more bread ever.”

63. “Miss Lark had two gates. One was for Miss Lark’s friends and relations, and the other for the Butcher and the Baker and the Milkman. Once the Baker made a mistake and came in through the gate reserved for the friends and relations, and Miss Lark was so angry that she said she wouldn’t have any more bread ever.”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “I’m not asleep,” Jane reassured her. “I’m thinking about the story.” “I heard every word,” said Michael, yawning. The Park Keeper rocked, as if in a trance. “A Nex-plorer in disguise,” he murmured, “sittin’ in the midnight sun and climbin’ the North Pole!” “Ouch!”

64. “I’m not asleep,” Jane reassured her. “I’m thinking about the story.” “I heard every word,” said Michael, yawning. The Park Keeper rocked, as if in a trance. “A Nex-plorer in disguise,” he murmured, “sittin’ in the midnight sun and climbin’ the North Pole!” “Ouch!”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “You can’t expect two stars to drop in the same field in one lifetime.”

65. “You can’t expect two stars to drop in the same field in one lifetime.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “Do you thing, Mary Poppins... Do you think that everything in the world is inside something else? My little Park inside the big one and the big one inside a larger one? Again and again? Away and away?”

66. “Do you thing, Mary Poppins... Do you think that everything in the world is inside something else? My little Park inside the big one and the big one inside a larger one? Again and again? Away and away?”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “Robertson Ay was sitting in the garden busily doing nothing.”

67. “Robertson Ay was sitting in the garden busily doing nothing.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “Gently, please, gently!” she warned, as they crowded about her. “This is a baby, not a battle-ship!”

68. “Gently, please, gently!” she warned, as they crowded about her. “This is a baby, not a battle-ship!”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “All right, indeed! That was hardly the word. All right, in her blue jacket with the silver buttons! All right with her gold locket round her neck! All right with the parrot-headed umbrella under her arm!”

69. “All right, indeed! That was hardly the word. All right, in her blue jacket with the silver buttons! All right with her gold locket round her neck! All right with the parrot-headed umbrella under her arm!”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “Nothing lasts for ever.”

70. “Nothing lasts for ever.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “She paused, as though she were remembering events that happened hundreds of years before that time.”

71. “She paused, as though she were remembering events that happened hundreds of years before that time.”

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P.L. Travers Quote: “The Dolphins were after it in a second, two dark striving shapes rippling through the water. Jane and Michael could hardly breathe. Which would win the prize? Or would the prize escape?”

72. “The Dolphins were after it in a second, two dark striving shapes rippling through the water. Jane and Michael could hardly breathe. Which would win the prize? Or would the prize escape?”

— P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers Quote: “I’m the Waiter, you know!”

73. “I’m the Waiter, you know!”

— P.L. Travers

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