E. Nesbit Professions : Author Born : August 15, 1858 Died : May 4, 1924 Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by E. Nesbit It is not, Dear, because I am alone, For I am lonelier when the rest are near, But that my place against your heart has grown Too dear to dream of when you are not here. E. Nesbit sad dream heart The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all. E. Nesbit i-love-him cities tree Time is but a mode of thought E. Nesbit Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us." Do you really believe that, Mother?" Peter asked quietly. Yes," she said, "I do believe it--almost always--except when I'm so sad that I can't believe anything. But even when I don't believe it, I know it's true--and I try to believe it. E. Nesbit nice mother mistake One of the uses of poetry - one says it to oneself in distressing circumstances, ... or when one has to wait at railway stations, or when one cannot get to sleep at night. E. Nesbit poetry sleep night A red, red rose, all wet with dew, With leaves of green by red shot through. E. Nesbit dew green rose I'll plant and water, sow and weed, Till not an inch of earth shows brown, And take a vow of each small seed To grow to greenness and renown: And then some day you'll pass my way, See gold and crimson, bell and star, And catch my garden's soul, and say: "How sweet these cottage gardens are!" E. Nesbit weed stars sweet I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this. E. Nesbit wonder writing people ...Albert-next-door doesn't care for reading, and he has not read nearly so many books as we have, so he is very foolish and ignorant, but it cannot be helped... Besides, it is wrong to be angry with people for not being so clever as you are yourself. E. Nesbit reading clever book Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors