P.B. Kerr Quotes & Sayings

When something needs to be said, you look for a man to say it. But when something needs actually to be done, you look for a woman. — P.B. Kerr

And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books. — P.B. Kerr

These things take time. If it's rushed then where's the good in goodbye? — P.B. Kerr

But Philippa was hardly listening. "It's a riddle," she declared finally, pointing to the card in the strange little round window. "I think that if we answer the riddle we can get in. Listen 'The beginning of eternity. The end of time and space. The beginning of every end. And the end pf everyplace."
John shrugged. "I don't get it."
"No, but I do," Philippa said triumphantly. "The answer is the letter e. E is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of everyplace. — P.B. Kerr

A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas — P.B. Kerr

Sometimes human nature can leave you looking just a little shamefaced. — P.B. Kerr

Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer. — P.B. Kerr

Nothing perplexes us quite like our best pal's choice in a partner. — P.B. Kerr

A second or two later, the reptile had been quite absorbed by a handsome, arrogant-looking Englishman smelling strongly of snobbery and snake. — P.B. Kerr

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at. — P.B. Kerr

May you have warm words on a cool evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door. — P.B. Kerr

The bone won't come to the dog. It's the dog that goes to the bone. — P.B. Kerr

If I do catch sight of my heart, I'm going to strangle the thing just to put it out of its misery. — P.B. Kerr

She herself was of the opinion that there would have been no need for a wish consultant if grammar had been taught properly in schools, so that mundanes could be trained to mean exactly what they said. Not wishing to be rude to her guest, however, she kept this opinion to herself. — P.B. Kerr

Tea has nothing to do with being hungry," said Nimrod. "For Englishmen, it is like a canonical hour. And almost as much of an important ritual as the tea ceremony in Japan. Except for one thing. With tea, in Japan, recognition is given that every human encounter is a singular occasion which can, and will, never recur again exactly. Thus every aspect of tea must be savored for what it gives the participants. But in England, the significance occurs in the fact that teas is always the same, and will always recur again and again, exactly . For how is the endurance of a great civilization to be measured? — P.B. Kerr