"The Borrowers Afloat" Quotes
The Borrowers embark on a perilous adventure at sea in their quest for a new home.
fantasy | 191 pages | Published in 1959
Quotes
They gave it a name and naturally the name was 'The Borrowers'.
There are some things that nobody can do but a Borrower.
It did not occur to her to be sorry for the boy, but she was sorry that he had not been a Borrower.
It is always wise to keep a cat on good terms with you, if possible.
The Borrowers knew there was nothing they could do but sit and wait.
They had very little to do with money. It was all very well for human beings.
Arrietty's father had never been seen by a human being, but she had seen him.
There were no doors, of course, but only openings.
They wanted to go back to the house, but they could not do that without the boy.
No one had ever seen an old Borrower.
