The best Quotes from Children's Books

The best Quotes from Children's Books

Pippi Longstocking

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"You really should go to school and learn to write better," said Annika. "No thanks very much," said Pippi. "I did that a whole day once and got so much learning stuffed into my head that it's still sploshing around in there."

Winnie the Pooh

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People say "nothing is impossible", but I do nothing every day.
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The Rainbow Fish

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The Rainbow Fish shared his scales left and right. And the more he gave away, the more delighted he became.

Ronja Räubertochter

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Karlsson vom Dach

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Janosch

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Pettersson und Findus

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The Neverending Story

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The beginning is always dark.
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Nils Holgersson

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Once there was a boy. He was, let us say, something like fourteen years old; long and loose jointed and towheaded. He wasn't good for much, that boy. His chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief.
Selma Lagerlöf in Nils Holgersson - The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.
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Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

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Pünktchen und Anton

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Kalle Blomquist

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Emil und die Detektive

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Michel aus Lönneberga

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Where the Wild Things Are

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And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.
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Das doppelte Lottchen

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The Lorax

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I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.
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Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

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You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot,
for The places and people you're lucky you're not!
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Horton Hears a Who!

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So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!
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Matilda

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Matilda: "Do you want to heat about my first day at school?"
Mrs. Wormwood: "Yuck. I'd rather eat vegetables."
Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda - The Musical

Oh, the Places You'll Go

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You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...
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Die Stadt der verschwundenen Kinder

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The Robber Hotzenplotz

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Kasperl and Seppel soon discover that even the best-laid plans can be foiled, especially when Hotzenplotz enlists the help of his wicked magician friend Petrosilius Zackleman, a gluttonous villain with a weakness for fried potatoes.
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The Magician’s Elephant

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How will the world change if we do not question it?

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.

The Tale of Despereaux

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The world is dark, and light is precious.
Come closer, dear reader.
You must trust me.
I am telling you a story.

Das Sams

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Das kleine Gespenst

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Die kleine Hexe

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The Famous Five

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Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.
Enid Blyton in The Famous Five - Five on a Hike Together

Moonbound

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store
What if Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!

Because of Winn-Dixie

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There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.