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Jeanne Birdsall Quotes

People sometimes make unexpected choices when they're lonely

People sometimes make unexpected choices when they're lonely

Jeanne Birdsall
Lonely, People, Choices
Jeanne Birdsall (2014). “The Penderwicks Collection: The Penderwicks, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The Penderwick at Point Mouette”, p.123, Knopf Books for Young Readers

...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick

Jeanne Birdsall
Selfish, Deceit, Tiny

Am I odd?Is there something wrong with me,like Mrs.Tifton Said?" Skye knelt down on the wet grass and looked straight into Batty's eyes. "No you stupid idiot,there's nothing wrong. with you.

Jeanne Birdsall
Stupid, Eye, Idiot

And I don't know if Batty's gotten over it yet,' said Skye. Mr. Penderwick looked out the window to where Batty was playing vampires with Hound. Hound was on his back, trying to wiggle out of the black towel Batty had tied around his neck. Batty was leaping over Hound's water bowl, shrieking, 'Blood, blood!' 'She looks all right,' he said.

Jeanne Birdsall
Blood, Water, Black
Jeanne Birdsall (2014). “The Penderwicks Collection: The Penderwicks, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The Penderwick at Point Mouette”, p.166, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Donit kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey.

Jeanne Birdsall
Gone, Trouble, Rescue

[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice cabinet was full of Ben's toy trucks, and Jane couldn't spot a cookbook anywhere. This is the kitchen of a Thinker, she decided, and promised herself that she'd never bother with cooking, either.

Jeanne Birdsall
Ducks, Cooking, Kitchen

The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not a father at all.

Jeanne Birdsall
Father, Long, League

The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain.

Jeanne Birdsall
Boys, Brain
Jeanne Birdsall (2014). “The Penderwicks Collection: The Penderwicks, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The Penderwick at Point Mouette”, p.38, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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