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61 " Julian Singh,” he said, extending his hand. No one (a) introduces himself and then (b) extends his hand to be shaken while (c) wearing shorts and (d) knee socks and (e) holding a genuine leather book bag on (f) the first day of school. "
― E.L. Konigsburg , The View from Saturday
62 " Jamie liked perspiration, a little bit of dirt, and complications. "
― E.L. Konigsburg , From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
63 " But no one was prouder of me or happier for me than Branwell, and I think he would not have been prouder or happier if he had won himself. And I don't know anyone anywhere who has a friend like that. "
― E.L. Konigsburg , Silent to the Bone
64 " After Margaret moved to Florida they continued to stay in touch in a Christmas card/life-milestone way. "
65 " Peter took a deep breath. 'Really, Mother! Anyone who blows pink bubble in front of a Picasso Blue painting should be arrested. "
― E.L. Konigsburg , The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
66 " Blue peter. "
67 " should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It’s hollow. "
68 " Mrs. Olinski was the first teacher Epiphany ever had who taught from a wheelchair. "
69 " Having words and explanations for things is too modern "
70 " I chose a brunette, a redhead, a blond, and a kid with hair as black as print on paper. "
71 " I am truly anxious to get on with my life. "
72 " Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don’t pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home. "
73 " How dare he fall in love with his own wife! -Salai "
― E.L. Konigsburg , The Second Mrs. Gioconda
74 " Something made me pull sounds out of my silence... "
75 " Tell how it is normal to be very comfortable on the outside but very uncomfortable on the inside. Tell how funny it all is. But tell a little something else, too. What can it hurt? Tell a little something else--about how you can be a nonconformist and about how you can be an outsider. And tell how you are entitled to a little privacy. But for goodness' sake, say all that very softly. "
― E.L. Konigsburg , A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
76 " Good explanations are like bathing suits, darling; they are meant to reveal everything by covering only what is necessary. "
― E.L. Konigsburg , Up from Jericho Tel
77 " The girl clones at Singer Grove were just like the ones in Texas; they knocked themselves out to be like everyone else and then bragged about how they were different. All their differences put into a pot and boiled down wouldn't spice baby food. By trying to brag about how different they were, they just really showed how alike they were, because all their differences were alike. "
78 " Parke-Bernet Galleries. "
79 " Angel" became part of Claudia's story about finding herself, about how the greatest adventure lies not in running away but in looking inside, and the greatest discovery is not in finding out who made a statue but in finding out what makes you. "
80 " I have such faith in words that when I read about such families as a child, I thought that they were the norm and that the way I lived was subnormal, waiting for normal. "