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1 " My idea of Heaven has nothing to do with fluffy clouds or angels. In my Heaven there's butter pecan ice cream and swimming pools and baseball games. The Brooklyn Dodgers always win, and I have the best seat in the house, right behind the Dodger's dugout. That's the only advantage that I can see about being dead: You get the best seat in the house. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Penny from Heaven
2 " I didn't think I would end up here.""Me neither. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Sunny Side Up (Sunny, #1)
3 " What is it with folks always talking about where they’re from? You could grow up in a muddy ditch, but if it’s your muddy ditch, then it’s gotta be the swellest muddy ditch ever. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Turtle in Paradise
4 " Almost dying is awfully easy. It's the living that's hard. "
― Jennifer L. Holm
5 " Everyone things children are sweet as Necco Wafers, but I've lived long enough to know the truth: kids are rotten. The only difference between grown-ups and kids is that grown-ups go to jail for murder. Kids get away with it. "
6 " Miss Hepplewhite looked pained."Miss Peck," she said at last, "a young lady should never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, run. Should you find yourself in a situation where you are at risk, it is always preferable to faint. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Boston Jane: An Adventure (Boston Jane, #1)
7 " I'm a jellyfish glowing in the dark sea, bright and brilliant, just waiting to be discovered. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , The Fourteenth Goldfish
8 " Like me!" I said. "I have to work hard, too. Why, I haven't thrown manure in over two months! "
9 " Papa always said you make your own luck.And maybe you do. "
10 " This, I thought, was true love. Someone who made you happy without saying a word. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , The Claim (Boston Jane, #3)
11 " I think what you wear on Halloween is important. It says something about you--who you are and what you want to be. There's got to be a reason so many girls go around dressed as princesses and witches. "
12 " You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. —Galileo Galilei "
13 " Life is precious and we don't realize that at the time. "
14 " He alone had the courage to do what was right. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Super Amoeba (Squish, #1)
15 " Mr.Clayton?Didn't you see her ears?You mean ears turning bright red means you're in love?I don't know, he mumbles, and looks down, his ears are bright red. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , The Trouble with May Amelia (May Amelia, #2)
16 " Take the planarian flatworm. You can slice it in two and each part will grow into a new worm. The hydra, a freshwater creature, can actually regenerate body parts, and the sea anemone doesn’t appear to experience senescence at all.” I "
17 " Three Meatloaf HaikusOh yucky meatloafsitting under the hot lightsso gray and gristly.Nothing tastes worse thanyou, not cauliflower oreven lima beans.And what is that weirdthing sticking out--a whisker?hair? a rubber band? "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff
18 " It’s the cycle of life,” I say, remembering Starlily’s words. “Things need to move forward, not backward. "
19 " Keep your sunny side up "
20 " -I thought u said u could swim like a fish-A dead one! "
