Louise Fitzhugh Quotes

• Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Health, Inspire, Admitting

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.47, Yearling

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• I think that’s whats wrong with the world. No one says what they feel, they always hold it inside. They’re sad, but they don’t cry. They’re happy, but they don’t dance or sing. They’re angry, but they don’t scream. Because if they do, they feel ashamed. And that’s the worst feeling in the world. So everyone walks with their heads down and no one sees how beautiful the sky is.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Beautiful, Thinking, Sky

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• You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  People, Rest Of Your Life, Nervous

  "Fictional character: Ole Golly". "Harriet the Spy", www.imdb.com. 1996.

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• Life is a struggle and a good spy gets in there and fights.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Struggle, Fighting, Spy

  "Harriet the Spy".

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• There are as many ways to live as there are people.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  People, Way To Live, Way

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.31, Yearling

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• Don't mess with anybody on a Monday. It's a bad, bad day.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Monday, Bad Day, Mess

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.126, Yearling

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• If you ever get in real trouble, don't panic. Sit down and think about it. Remember two things, always. There must be some way out of it and there must be humor in it somewhere.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Real, Thinking, Two

  Louise Fitzhugh (2010). “Sport”, p.140, Yearling

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• 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

  Lying, Feel Better, People

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.246, Yearling

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• Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Inspiring, Lying, Sometimes

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• Gone is gone. I never miss anything or anyone because it all becomes a lovely memory. I guard my memories and love them, but I don't get in them and lie down.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Memories, Lying, Missing

  Louise Fitzhugh, Helen Ericson (2002). “Harriet Spies Again”, p.20, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• There is no sight so ugly as the human face in anger.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Anger, Sight, Ugly

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “The Long Secret”, p.13, Yearling

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• 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

  Splinters, Littles, Holes

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.122, Yearling

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

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Knows, Bits, Ifs

  Louise Fitzhugh, Helen Ericson (2002). “Harriet Spies Again”, p.20, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• 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.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Thinking, People, Spy

  "Harriet the Spy".

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• People who love work, love life.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Love Life, People, Work Love

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

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Different, Mystery, Life Is

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.89, Yearling

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• This was too much. "I refuse. I absolutely REFUSE to be an onion.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Onions, Too Much, Refuse

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.137, Yearling

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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

  Kings, Pigs, Sea

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• Writers don’t care what they eat. They just care what you think of them

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Thinking, Care, Don't Care

  Louise Fitzhugh (2014). “Harriet the Spy: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.42, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• She didn't care anymore... and she got no pleasure from the work she did, but she did it. Everything bored her. She found that when she didn't have a notebook it was hard for her to think. The thoughts came slowly, as though they had to squeeze through a tiny door to get to her, whereas when she wrote, they flowed out faster than she could put them down. She sat very stupidly with a blank mind until finall 'I feel different' came slowly to her mind. Yes, she thought, after a long pause. And then, after more time, 'Mean, I feel mean.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Notebook, Mean, Thinking

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• All I ask of in the world is just one day after another with nothing planned.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  One Day, World, Asks

  Louise Fitzhugh (2010). “Sport”, p.63, Yearling

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• Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Morning, Good Man, Important

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.26, Yearling

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• 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

  Thinking, Kind, Not Sure

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.97, Yearling

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• [Harriet] hated math. She hated math with every bone in her body. She spent so much time hating it that she never had time to do it.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Hate, Math, Body

  Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.127, Yearling

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