Helen Cresswell Quotes

• The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.

  Helen Cresswell

  Sports, Swimming, Reason

  Helen Cresswell (2017). “The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack (Collins Modern Classics)”, p.14, HarperCollins UK

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• I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it.

  Helen Cresswell

  Devil, Idle, Idleness

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• I got born in the wrong family.

  Helen Cresswell

  Family, Outsiders, Born

  Helen Cresswell (1987). “Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga”, Viking Childrens Books

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• There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.

  Helen Cresswell

  Things In Life, Knowing, Frustrating

  Helen Cresswell (1987). “Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga”, Viking Childrens Books

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• A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely.

  Helen Cresswell

  Matter, Sense Of Humor, Mental Health

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• Machines are the opium of the masses. If all the machines in England were thrown into the North Sea tomorrow, we should be back in the Garden of Eden. And the weather would probably improve.

  Helen Cresswell

  Garden, Sea, Weather

  Helen Cresswell (1987). “Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga”, Viking Childrens Books

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