Swallows And Amazons For-ever!

You Write Not For Children But For Yourself. And If By Good Fortune Children Enjoy What You Enjoy, Why Then You Are A Writer Of Children's Books.

...next To The Pleasure Of Reading A Favourite Fishing Book Comes That Of Persuading A Friend To Read It Too.

Swallows And Amazons For-ever!

When A Thing's Done, It's Done, And If It's Not Done Right, Do It Differently Next Time.

Fishing Books , Lit By Emotion Recollected In Tranquility, Are Like Poetry. .. . We Do Not Think Of Them As Books But As Men. They Are Our Companions And Not Only Riverside. Summer And Winter They Are With Us And What A Pleasant Company They Are.