National Velvet Quotes & Sayings

A landscape glittered behind her voice. There were icicles in it and savage fields of ice, great storms boiling over a flat countryside striped with white rails - a chessboard beneath a storm. Horses were stretched forever at the gallop. Tiny men in silk were brave beyond bearing and sat on the horses like embryos with their knees in their mouths. The gorgeous names of horses were cried from mouth to mouth and circulated in a steam of fame. Lottery, The Hermit, the great mare Sceptre; the glorious ancestress Pocahontas, whose blood ran down like time into her flying children; Easter Hero, the Lamb, that pony stallion. — Enid Bagnold

She'd ride like a piece of lightning. No more weight'n a piece of lightning. — Enid Bagnold

I don't like people," said Velvet. " ... I only like horses. — Enid Bagnold

He was white in bold seas, ans black in continents... — Enid Bagnold