“She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona the Pest
“Words were so puzzling. Present should mean a present just as attack should mean to stick tacks in people.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona the Pest
“I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona the Pest
“Poor Miss Binney, dressed like Mother Goose, now had the responsibility of sixty-eight boys and girls.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona the Pest
“Ramona could not understand why grown-ups always talked about how quickly children grew up. Ramona thought growing up was the slowest thing there was, slower even than waiting for Christmas to come.
She had been waiting years just to get to kindergarten, and the last half hour was the slowest part of all.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona the Pest
“That girl has been bad again,” Ramona heard the four-year-old next door say to her little sister.”
― Beverly Cleary, quote from Ramona the Pest
Beverly Cleary
Born place: in McMinnville, Oregon, The United States
Born date April 12, 1916
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“When people believe they have a good cause, the violence within them bursts forth unrestrained, as if their good angel has given permission for it to escape.”
― Fuminori Nakamura, quote from Evil and the Mask
“Her checkbook catches his eye. He takes it and hides it in the back of the freezer, underneath a bag of frozen lima beans. If she can freeze his account, he can freeze hers.”
― Mary Amato, quote from Guitar Notes
“Hana yori dango. Dumplings over flowers. It basically means that someone should value needs over wants, substance over appearance. As in, make sure you have food and shelter before you burn money on something extravagant. And, you know, choose genuine friends who will be there for you over pretty, shallow ones. Don't get carried away by beauty if it leaves you empty.”
― Amanda Sun, quote from Ink
“This time he shouted a little more loudly, and his heart began to beat a little more quickly. It was foolish, of course. There was no chance she could have got lost here.”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, quote from Harbor
“عندما يخرج الروائيون عن الموضوع نشعر بالملل. هذه هي شكوانا، على أي حال عندما نشعر بالملل من رواية ما، نقول عنها أنها خرجت عن الموضوع، لكن هناك الكثير من الأسباب التي تجعل رواية ما تتوقف عن إمتاعنا. الأوصاف الطويلة للطبيعة تجعل بعض القراء يتثاءبون؛ البعض يشعرون بالملل لأنه لا يوجد ما يكفي عن الجنس، وآخرون لأنه يوجد أكثر من اللازم؛ والبعض يتضايق من القدر الضئيل من الوصف، والبعض يتضايق من المؤلفين الذين يدخلون في تفاصيل أكثر من اللازم حول خلفيات عائلية مضطربة. وما يجعل رواية ما شديدة الجاذبية ليس هو حضور أو غياب الخواص المذكورة أعلاه، إنها مهارة الروائي وأسلوبه وبتعبير آخر يمكن أن تكون الرواية عن أي شيء. دعونا لا ننسى أيضا أن هذا "الأي شيء" يتبع منطقا محددا. ربما يستطيع كاتب أن يضع أي شيء وكل شيء داخل رواية، ولكن حتى بهذه الطريقة فإننا نحن القراء سرعان ما نصبح ملولين ونفقد صبرنا عندما يشرد المؤلف عن الموضوع، ويأخذ وقتا أطول من اللازم لكي يقول ما يريد أن يقوله أو يضمن تفاصيل لا حاجة إليها.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from Other Colors: Essays and A Story
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