Arthur Ransome Quotes
- A pigeon a day keeps the natives away - View Quote Details on A pigeon a day keeps the natives away
- Grab a chance and you won’t be sorry for a might-have-been. - View Quote Details on Grab a chance and you won’t be sorry for a…
- Pigeon Post Title page and Chapter 4), 1936 - View Quote Details on Pigeon Post Title page and Chapter 4), 1936
- Softly, at first, as if it hardly meant it, the snow began to fall. - View Quote Details on Softly, at first, as if it hardly meant it, the…
- 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… - View Quote Details on She’s got a rum job, but she knows how to…
- 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. - View Quote Details on A lot of things were lucky,” said Daddy, and suddenly,…
- They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in their absence, they had got into trouble at home. - View Quote Details on They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in…
- The Picts and the Martyrs (Chapter 2), 1943 - View Quote Details on The Picts and the Martyrs (Chapter 2), 1943
- Swallows and Amazons (Chapter 1), 1930 - View Quote Details on Swallows and Amazons (Chapter 1), 1930
- We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (Chapter 23), 1937 - View Quote Details on We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (Chapter 23), 1937
- We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (Title page), 1937 - View Quote Details on We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (Title page), 1937
- 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. - View Quote Details on Dorothea blew out her candle and settled down in the…
- Only, the beastly Arctic won’t freeze, - View Quote Details on Only, the beastly Arctic won’t freeze,
About Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome (January 18, 1884 – June 3, 1967) was a British children’s author. Ransome is most famous for his Swallows and Amazons series of novels named after the first book in the series.
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