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Sincerely, Jem QUOTES

Sincerely, Jem QUOTES

1 " Tearing out a sheet, she wrote her address on it and froze as she considered a pen name. Something starting with her first initial, the one she shared with Judy.
What should it be? She thought about her usual nicknames, Jesster and Jess. But those were what her family called her. Too special to give to a stranger. Maybe something starting with a J and an e? The word came to her in a flash. Jem. Unlike anything she’d ever read or heard before, short and easy to write, and still a little bit close to her real name. "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem

2 " The only problem with sharing a room with her sisters, Jessie decided, was that she couldn’t wrap their Christmas presents in there. Fortunately, the garage was nearly always empty, so she’d hauled everything in there and spread it across the workbench. Opening a back page of her inspiration book, she glanced from the list to the Santa’s workshop–sized mess of fabric, scrapbooking paper, scissors, tape, and grocery bags layered to hide the presents inside. "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem

3 " Jem. Unlike anything she’d ever read or heard before, short and easy to write, and still a little bit close to her real name. "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem

4 " Amy is short for something. "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem

5 " the post office machines probably would do worse things to it before it reached Anonymous Guy. "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem

6 " Dear Jem,
I finally have time for a real letter! I’m sorry about your ankle. If I invent a time machine, I will go back and trip whoever invented high heels for you. "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem

7 " Well, you better have a good memory because I have the tail end of high school and six billion books to write before then, "

― Kate Willis , Sincerely, Jem