Arthur Ransome
journalist, writer, children's writer, illustrator, collector of fairy tales, translator
Read on Wikipedia1884 – 1967
All Quotes by Arthur Ransome
“They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in their absence, they had got into trouble at home.”
“A pigeon a day keeps the natives away”
“Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.”
“A lot of things were lucky," said Daddy, and suddenly, while they were walking along, brought his hand down on John's shoulder and gave it a bit of a squeeze. "You'll be a seaman yet, my son." And John, for one dreadful moment, felt that something was going wrong with his eyes. A sort of wetness, and hotness... Partly salt... Pleased though he was, he found himself biting his lower lip pretty hard, and looking the other way.”
“She's got a rum job, but she knows how to do it, and to have a job and know how to do it is one of the best things in this life. And if only she stops hankering after Cambridge...”
“Dorothea blew out her candle and settled down in the middle of the big spare room bed. An owl called in the woods. 'Not a barn owl, but a tawny,' thought Dick, listening to the sharp 'Gewick! Gewick!' as he fell asleep. A smell of new-mown hay drifted from the meadows on the further side of the river. 'There isn't a lovelier place in all the world,' thought Dorothea. London last night, and now Beckfoot. The summer holidays had begun.”
“Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.”