One of my Guilty pleasures is reading Enid Blyton’s books. I have a feeling, it doesn’t matter how old I get, I would always find pleasure in immersing myself in her fictional school life.
Her books, Malory Towers and St Clare’s which are about life in an English Girls boarding school are full of wisdom, advice and a lot of inspirational quotes like the one above. You meet so many different and realistic characters on the way- it is a journey.
There’s the sensible Sally, the hot tempered Darrel, the joker Alicia who’s best friend Betty isn’t much better either. There’s the scatterbrain Irene, the conceited Mavis, the Horse-mad Bill, the shy Mary Lou, the french carefree Claudine and a whole array of other interesting characters.
Reading these books, you learn about responsibility and what it means to be a team. You learn that being smart and top in class are all good things, but being sensible, responsible and kind hearted people are equally important. You learn, it doesn’t matter how rich your parents are or how angelic you look on the outside, as long as the inside is rotten. You learn that being spiteful gets you nowhere in life. You learn lessons that’d stay with you for the rest of time.
And that’s it for this week’s Writer’s quote Wednesday writing challenge , hosted by SilverThreading and RonovanWrites. Till next time 😄
I loved those books too as a kid, apart from the really spiteful bits x
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Yay! It’s great to meet another EnidBlyton fan 😄. Haha, yeah, except the spiteful bits. And they seem to pop up in every one of the books.
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She could be far too nasty to be honest. But yet told a fantastic story; such a creative imagination.
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I love your quote and your commentary! Well done! 😀 ❤
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Thank you very much Colleen. ☺️☺️
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What a wonderful quote!
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Thank you very much. I’m glad you like it the quote 🙂
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Great quote!
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Thank you Azul 😄
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That is a great quote and the books sound like they are filled with bits of wisdom! Wonderful post!
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Thank you PJ. They really are. Especially reading it as a kid, you tend to learn loads of lessons.
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Wonderful quote and writing!
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Thank you very much, glad you like the quote,
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ENID BLYTON! Even I used to read so many books that she wrote.
Always had such a good time! 😀
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Me too! They used to be my favorite 😄. Oh I’m glad to hear you love it too
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It’s good to go back and visit books from our past… we keep learning that way! 😉
AJ at Ouch My Back Hurts
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Yes we do! Childhood books tend stick with us for life 😄
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The quote makes so much of sense.. And we should inculcate that habit in us..
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Cheers
Geets
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Thank you very much Geet. Yes we should. 😄
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Love it and gotta to look up her books! Gotta write a note to myself so I remember the name 🙂
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Enid Blyton! 😄 I hope you will like it because it is actually a children’s book. Another of my guilty pleasure, I still enjoy kids books 😂
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I am featuring your blog today on friday friends!
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Thank to Lynz. I just saw it now. Have a Wonderful weekend. ☺️
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you too
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same here, love her books! 🙂 well chosen quote.
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Thank you Sana sis. Me too, love love them.
I hope you are doing okay? I haven’t been seeing your posts
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Fantastic quote that has so much truth in it. It seems I may be of the minority that’s not familiar with this author/books (don’t judge me! *hides behind chair* lol) Thank you for sharing, Ameena 🙂
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Thank you Jade 😊. Oh my, you are the first person I have met who doesn’t know here, hahaha *no judgement* 😄😄
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Gaahh, I am ashamed. I shall brush up on her works ASAP lol
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Ahhh I love these boarding school stories. I have to collect, one day, all the stories I read and love as a child. Your quote is sort of a moral of the story for your story about Mr. Badsum and his wife and the other couple.
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Me too! I actually got the whole collection of Malory towers and St clares and a few other of her books and have been reading them often ever since.
Yeah!! You-know I never thought of the connection. Thank you 😄
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