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21 " The point of having a hypothesis is not to be right. It’s about the data. Sometimes the data takes you in a direction you never imagined, and you have an interesting result. "
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22 " There is a bright full moon, and boats in the harbor are lit up and dancing in the inky water. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Our Only May Amelia (May Amelia, #1)
23 " What is it with boys and fighting? I am amazed any of them get to be grown-ups the way they're always going at it. "
― Jennifer L. Holm
24 " Delivery boys always look a little sketchy, like they're the kids the malls don't want to hire. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , The Fourteenth Goldfish
25 " I'd had no idea that cheese was a miracle. "
26 " Is that a scalp?" I whispered to Mr. Swan.Mr. Swan blinked. "A scalp?""Yes, a scalp. From some unfortunate pioneer.""It's the sole of an old shoe," Mr. Russel grunted."I beg your pardon?"Chief Toke fingered the leather."A shoe. He likes to carry it around. Used to be mine." Mr. Russel spit a wad of tobacco, and it barely missed my toe. It seemed that the loathsome habits of the States had been carried to the frontier."I see," I said, although I clearly did not. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Boston Jane: An Adventure (Boston Jane, #1)
27 " Keer-ukso looked up at the sky in mock irritation. "No, do not ask me, best friend and busiess partner, if I want coffee? "
― Jennifer L. Holm , The Claim (Boston Jane, #3)
28 " Wouldn’t you like to know? "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Miss Communication (Babymouse Tales from the Locker Book 2)
29 " Barely Famous "
30 " Rome "
31 " Le sigh. "
32 " Kaarlo, that gold rush is for fools with no sense, can't you see that we're barely making ends meet, isn't it enough that there's a new baby to feed you might as well just shoot your poor mother it'll be the same thug as letting her lose a son to some foolishness." "Do you think Pappa will send Grandmother away? I wish per to Wilbert.Nah, he whispers back, she's stuck here like a cow in the tidelands. "
33 " But May Amelia, Miss EcEwing says, Proper Young Ladies don't go gallivanting around the world on ships.Well I sure ain't no Proper Young Lady Miss McEwing, you can ask any of my brothers here.And every child starts laughing and Wilbert laughs so hard he falls off his chair.Miss EcEwing tries to look serious, but finally her eyes crinkle merrily and she laughs too. "
34 " knows that Mrs. Wiederhorn’s been a little forgetful since her husband died. Well, a lot forgetful, I’d say, seeing as my father’s been dead for years now. She pays us and then offers us more cookies, but we say we "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Penny from Heaven
35 " flopping "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Turtle in Paradise
36 " She dies two days later. "
37 " Hmmf.” I was unimpressed. The last man who had tried to tell me about the merits of homesteading had been a scoundrel and a swine. William Baldt had wanted to marry me in order to gain more land, for a single man in the territory could only claim half the amount of land that a married one could. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Wilderness Days (Boston Jane, #2)
38 " grimaced. "
39 " lyingest liar of them all. "
― Jennifer L. Holm , Full of Beans
40 " One morning when I was sitting on our front step, William came out of the house. "What excitement are you up to today, Miss Peck?" he asked.I shrugged. Most likely I would be spitting from the roof at passing gentleman with Jebediah Parker, but I thought it best not to say anything. A man who didn't belch at the table was unlikely to approve of spitting. "