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Michael Bond
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“There aren't many of us left where I come from." "And where is that?" asked Mrs. Brown. The bear looked round carefully before replying. "Darkest Peru.”
Michael Bond (1926–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The bear bent down to do up its case again. As he did so, Mrs. Brown caught a glimpse of the writing on the label. It said, simply, PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR. THANK YOU.”
Michael Bond (1926–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paddington had a very persistent stare when he cared to use it. It was a very powerful stare. One which his Aunt Lucy had taught him and which he kept for special occasions.”
Michael Bond (1926–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Paddington…has become a part of the folk-lore of childhood, not because he appears in a great or even a particularly good book, but because there is something in his personality which lodges permanently in the imagination.”
Michael Bond (1926–2017) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Marcus Crouch The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England, 1945-70 (London: Ernest Benn, 1972) p. 107.