Jeanne Birdsall Quotes

• 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

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

  Jeanne Birdsall

  Selfish, Deceit, Tiny

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• 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

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• 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

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

  Jeanne Birdsall

  Gone, Trouble, Rescue

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• [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

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• 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

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• 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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