Children Want To Do What Grownups Do.

Quite Often Somebody Will Say, What Year Do Your Books Take Place? And The Only Answer I Can Give Is, In Childhood.

I Don't Think Children's Inner Feelings Have Changed. They Still Want A Mother And Father In The Very Same House; They Want Places To Play.

I Was An Only Child; I Didn't Have A Sister, Or Sisters.

The Humiliation That Jane Had Felt Turned To Something Else--grief Perhaps, Or Regret. Regret That She Had Not Known How To Act With A Boy, Regret That She Had Not Been Wiser.

I Grew Up Before There Were Strict Leash Laws.