When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life. - P. L. Travers

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When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.

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About P. L. Travers

Pamela Lyndon Travers (August 9 1899 – April 23 1996) was a British author, born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, best known as the creator of the "Mary Poppins" series of stories.

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Birth Name: Helen Lyndon Goff
Native Name: Pamela Lyndon Travers
Alternative Names: Miss Travers
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