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1 " WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AWAY THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL THEM. WHEN SOMEBODY DIES MAYBE THAT'S THE WORST THING. YOU WANT TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER. "
― Louise Fitzhugh , Harriet the Spy
2 " Harriet pushed her hair back and looked at him seriously. 'Sport, what are you going to be when you grow up?''You know what. You know I'm going to be a ball player.''Well, I'm going to be a writer. And when I say that's a mountain, that's a mountain.' Satisfied, she turned back to her town. "
3 " Don't mess with anybody on a Monday. It's a bad, bad day. "
4 " [Harriet] hated math. She hated math with every bone in her body. She spent so much time hating it that she never had time to do it. "
5 " Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth. "
6 " People who love work, love life. "
7 " YOU CAN'T BE TOO OLD TO SPY EXCEPT IF YOU WERE FIFTY YOU MIGHT FALL OFF A FIRE ESCAPE, BUT YOU COULD SPY AROUND ON THE GROUND A LOT. "
8 " Little lies that make people feel better are not bad, like thanking someone for a meal they made even if you hated it, or telling a sick person they look better when they don't, or someone with a hideous new hat that it's lovely. But to yourself you must tell the truth "
9 " I WONDER IF WHEN YOU DREAM ABOUT SOMEBODY THEY DREAM ABOUT YOU. "
10 " Life is a struggle and a good spy goes in there and fights. "
11 " LIFE IS A GREAT MYSTERY. IS EVERYBODY A DIFFERENT PERSON WHEN THEY ARE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE? "
12 " This was too much. "I refuse. I absolutely REFUSE to be an onion. "
13 " Life is very strange. "
14 " THERE IS MORE TO THIS THING OF LOVE THAN MEETS THE EYE. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS A GREAT DEAL BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL GET ME ANYWHERE. I THINK MAYBE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT WHEN THEY SAY THERE ARE DOME THINGS I WON'T KNOW ABOUT UNTIL I'M OLDER. "
15 " Harriet: How do you practice being an onion? "
16 " I feel all the same things when I do things alone as when Ole Golly was here. The bath feels hot, the bed feels soft, but I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach. "
17 " If Marion Hawthorne doesn't watch out, she's going to grow up into a lady Hitler. "
18 " SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNOW IT. EVERY TIME I HAD A BAD DREAM I FEEL LIKE LEAVING TOWN. THEN I FEEL THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THIS IS THE WORST DREAM I'VE EVER HAD IN MY WHOLE LIFE. "
19 " Apakah setiap orang akan menjadi orang yang berbeda ketika mereka bersama orang lain? "
20 " Well, I’m going to be a writer. And when I say that’s a mountain, that’s a mountain. "
