Jacqueline Kelly Quotes

• One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Book, Home, Knights

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.16, Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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• It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Looks

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.35, Macmillan

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• Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Happiness, Book, Bed

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.60, Macmillan

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• It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Shining, Littles, Ruins

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.111, Macmillan

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• It means that we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Mean, Discovery, Today

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.234, Macmillan

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• I don't have that many days left," he said as we sat together in the library. "Why would I want to spend them on matters of drainage and overdue accounts? I must husband my hours and spend every one of them wisely. I regret that I didn't come to this realization until I reached fifty years of age. Calpurnia, you would do well to adopt such an attitude at an earlier age. Spend each of your allotted hours with care.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Husband, Attitude, Regret

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• But my mother's life was a never-ending round of maintenance. Not one single thing did she ever achieve but that it had to be done all over again, one day or one week or one season later. Oh, the monotony.

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  Mom, Mother, One Day

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.213, Macmillan

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• See, that's the thing about second chances. It's two people that are there for each other and support each other and care about each other no matter how much they want to deny it. It's about one person doing everything they can to make sure the other doesn't fall and vice-versa. Second chances are about holding on to that other persons hand no matter how hard they beg to let go.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Letting Go, Fall, Second Chance

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• I didn't want anyone getting close to me. I pushed people away. Built a wall around my heart to keep them out. I let one person take down the bricks, and I suppose it was a good idea, but, sometimes, he hurts me too. And it hurts so much worse then any other hurt I've felt because he is one of the very few that matter anymore.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Hurt, Wall, Heart

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• When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Two, People, Doe

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• They all knew this, but this didn't stop them from good-naturedly crowding around the front door every time it opened, every single time, despite the fact that they were never -EVER- let into the house. I loved this particularly fine thing about dogs: Despite a lifetime of denied entrance, hope never died in their hearts.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Dog, Heart, Doors

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• We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Missing, Missing Each Other, Greatest Gifts

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.333, Macmillan

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• It is better to travel with hope in one's heart than to arrive in safety. . . . We should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over. The day the experiment succeeds is the day the experiment ends. And I inevitably find that the sadness of ending outweighs the celebration of success.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Heart, Sadness, Discovery

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• By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Texas, Darkness, Heat

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.1, Macmillan

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• The strongest people in the world are the ones who think they're weak.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Thinking, People, World

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• I had never seen a real live dead person.

  Jacqueline Kelly

  Real, Persons

  Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.117, Macmillan

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