“He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona Quimby, Age 8
“Ramona, I hear the mission bells above, Ramona, they’re ringing out our song of love.” Ramona stared at her book as she thought mean, dark thoughts about Uncle Hobart.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona Quimby, Age 8
“Never again would he stand all day at a cash register, ringing up groceries for a long line of people who were always in a hurry. Ramona”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Beverly Cleary
Born place: in McMinnville, Oregon, The United States
Born date April 12, 1916
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“Whether he acted rightly or not, I have never been sure. It was the future of a child that was at stake. A child, he felt, ought to be given the benefit of a doubt.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Towards Zero
“My mother once said that fear is like a man who, once burned, is afraid of a glow worm”
― Nnedi Okorafor, quote from Who Fears Death
“Could be off one of your own boats, Lavette," Whittier said. "The crab I mean." Whittier was hostile, contriving his hostility in witless remarks. Dan said nothing, only thinking that if this small, pompous, foolish man, so uninformed about the essence of his own business, was a measure of the hundred tycoons who ruled the hills of San Francisco, then his own way up would be none too difficult. It came down to money; if you had money, you functioned and you could do without guts or brains; and if you had money, you saw a girl like Jean Sheldon more than once, more than by accident.”
― Howard Fast, quote from The Immigrants
“Siempre es levemente siniestro volver a los lugares que han sido testigos de un instante de perfección”
― Ernesto Sabato, quote from On Heroes and Tombs
“I guess this is a message for those of you who contemplate permanent solutions to temporary problems. You never know what could be coming in the future. There is so much music you've yet to hear.”
― Hannah Hart, quote from Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
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