P. L. Travers
P. L. Travers
Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBEwas an Australian-born British novelist, actress, and journalist who emigrated to England and lived most of her adult life there. She is known best for the Mary Poppins series of children's books featuring the magical English nanny Mary Poppins...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth9 August 1899
CountryAustralia
lies
Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
curtain life
I think the idea of 'Mary Poppins' has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.
treasure convinced
More and more I’ve become convinced that the great treasure to possess is the unknown.
tree want cherries
If you want to find Cherry-Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the Policeman at the cross-roads.
rooms world my-own
I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.
grateful thinking answers
For me there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer, because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question.