Quotes by Hugh Lofting

"Some people you will always have about you whom you can trust, and no man these days can boast of more than that. Remember them; forget the others."
— Hugh Lofting
"What is war?' I asked. Oh, it's a messy, stupid business,' he said, 'Two sides wave flags and beat drums and shoot one another dead. It always begins this way, making speeches, talking about rights, and all that sort of thing.' But what is it for? What do they get out of it?' I don't know,' he said. 'To tell you the truth, I don't think they know themselves."
— Hugh Lofting
"I suppose once you've been accused of being a witch, you're never really safe. People may blame all sorts of accidents and misfortunes on you."
— Hugh Lofting
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Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictio...