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1 " I liked having some time to myself. Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered. Of course, we didn't always agree with one another. Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes. "
― Gloria Whelan , Summer of the War
2 " I couldn’t live with myself if I thought nothing could get better. "
― Gloria Whelan , All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens (Rosalind of the Raj, #2)
3 " Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball. "
― Gloria Whelan , Listening for Lions
4 " I looked forward to making friends at school, but I had come late and friendships had already been formed. I couldn’t find my way into their world. They seemed to have a secret code I couldn’t decipher. "
5 " I find having your own car is like a passport to the world. "
― Gloria Whelan , See What I See
6 " I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like snakes and toads looking for a chance to sneak out before I could stop them. "
7 " You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not. "
8 " But what doesn’t die is the love we give to others. There is no end to that. "
― Gloria Whelan , Small Acts of Amazing Courage (Rosalind of the Raj, #1)
9 " I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon. "
― Gloria Whelan , Angel on the Square (Angel on the Square, #1)
10 " They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world. "
11 " But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I promised. "The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I'll sing to them while I work. "
― Gloria Whelan
12 " I knew then that Grandfather had forgiven me and that I would have a home, but something inside me was sorry that once again I would lose Rachel Sheridan. "
13 " He saw my confusion and led me a slow, stately march to the library. There were shelves all the way around the room, and every shelf was crowed with books. I had not thought so many books existed.[...] There was a desk, several big leather chairs, a wooden floor covered with faded rugs, and in front of the fireplace a sofa with soft pillows. The shelves stopped several feet short of the ceiling, leaving room for a row of busts of what I imagined must be famous gentlemen. Lamps cast little pools light in the room, and the sound and smell of the fire reminded me of the fires the Kikuyu would make outside theirs huts when they roasted goats. "
14 " If you love books, I will give you some to take with you, and one day I will introduce you to the writers of the books. "
15 " Then came such a melodious whistle, I looked about thinking that a bird had flown into the room. "
16 " I could see the longing in your eyes. "
17 " If I know my Rachel, she will do what she wants to do. And perhaps that is the best. "
18 " You have to give as good as you get. "
19 " We all have secrets in our hearts. "
20 " People long to go backward in their imagination as well as forward. We don't wish simply to exist forever in some future; we wish to have existed in some distant past. "
― Gloria Whelan , Parade of Shadows
