10 Best Lines from Children’s Classics

Get nostalgic with these classic quotes from children’s literature. Some of the best insight comes packaged in the the most delightful and well-loved tales for kids.

10) “I deny your right to put words into my mouth.” — Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

9) “He who is too well off is always longing for something new.” — Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.

8) “There is no place like home.” — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

7) “To die would be an awfully big adventure.” — Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie

6) “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” — The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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5) “Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t you think?” — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

4) “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” — Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie

3) “Then her envious heart had peace, as much as an envious heart can have.” — Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.

2) “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop’s Fables

1) “Dead men don’t bite” — Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.


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