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Not a frog, I hope? he asked…She shook her head. No. And if it was I wouldn't kiss it, I promise you. I might kiss a prince if I could be sure he'd turn into a frog, but not the other way around.
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Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.
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When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.
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This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.
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To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected.
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Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.
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It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them.
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Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.
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The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: "Oh, Rupert, darling," she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, "don't you see? The game's up!
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And so they played some of the world's loveliest piano music - the exiled homesick girl, the humiliated, tired old man. Not properly. Better than that.
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Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it.
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They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good.
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A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
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Eva Ibbotson
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Born:
January 21, 1925
Died:
October 20, 2010
(aged 85)
Bio:
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's books. Some of her novels for adults have been successfully reissued for the young adult market in recent years.
Known for:
Journey to the River Sea (2001)
The Secret of Platform 13 (1994)
The Star of Kazan (2004)
Which Witch? (1979)
A Countess Below Stairs (1981)
Eva Ibbotson on Wikipedia
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