That's coral! " she cried in astonishment. "We must be down in the deeps of the sea! " Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" said the trout. "I thought you wished you could see the sea! " I did, " said Jane, looking very surprised. "But I never expected the wish to come true." Great oceans! Why bother to wish it then? I call that simply a waste of time. But come on! Mustn't be late for the party! P.L. Travers
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  3. It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life... - Rachel Carson
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More Quotes By P.L. Travers
  1. We're on the brink of an Adventure. Don't spoil it by asking questions!
  2. But at the very moment she was thinking these thoughts, adventure, as she afterwards told my Mother, was stalking her.
  3. I shouldn't wonder if you didn't wonder much too much!
  4. This is the way the wheel turns, coming at last to full circle, with wild as well as tame at he crib; lion and turtle-dove together an barnyard beasts lying down with the fox. For wild and tame are but two hlaves and here, where...
  5. That's coral! " she cried in astonishment. "We must be down in the deeps of the sea! " Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" said the trout. "I thought you wished you could see the sea! " I did, " said Jane, looking very surprised....
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