5 P. L. Travers Quotes on Memory

P. L. Travers quotes on memory

4. The silky hush of intimate things, fragrant with my fragrance, steal softly down, so loth to rob me of my last dear concealment.

17. In the village where I live, in Sussex, we made our bonfire in the Vicarage paddock and every year, as soon as it was lit, the Vicar's cow would begin to dance. She danced while the flames rose up to the sky, she danced till the ashes were black and cold. And the next morning-it was always the same-the Vicar would have no milk for his breakfast. It is strange to think of a simple cow rejoicing at the saving of Parliament so many years ago.

19. Mary Poppins herself had flown away, but the gifts she had brought would remain for always.

20. We'll never forget you, Mary Poppins!

23. When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.