Louise Fitzhugh - Harriet the Spy (1964)

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Ole Golly: The time has come, the walrus said... Harriet M. Welsch: To talk of many things... Ole Golly: Of shoes and ships and ceiling wax... Harriet M. Welsch: Of cabbages and kings... Ole Golly: And why the sea is boiling hot... Harriet M. Welsch: And whether pigs have wings!

Louise Fitzhugh
It won't do you a bit of good to know everything if you don't do anything with it.

Louise Fitzhugh
Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

Louise Fitzhugh
LIFE IS A GREAT MYSTERY. IS EVERYBODY A DIFFERENT PERSON WHEN THEY ARE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE?

Louise Fitzhugh
When people don't do anything they don't think anything, and when people don't think anything there's nothing to think about them.- Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh
I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.

Louise Fitzhugh
Little lies that make people feel better are not bad, like thanking someone for a meal they made even if you hated it, or telling a sick person they look better when they don't, or someone with a hideous new hat that it's lovely. But to yourself you must tell the truth

Louise Fitzhugh
Writers don't care what they eat. They just care what you think of them

Louise Fitzhugh
I think maybe they're all right when they say there are some things I won't know anything about until I'm older. But if [love] makes you like to eat all kinds of wurst I'm not sure I'm going to like this.

Louise Fitzhugh