“I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him… to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good…”

Source: Outcast of Redwall

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British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy nov… 1939–2011

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