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1 " The summer,' Randy explained. 'I'm going to appreciate it. I'm going to walk in the woods noticing everything, and ride my bike on all the roads I never explored. I'm going to fill a pillow with ladies' tobacco so I can smell it in January and remember about August. I'm going to dry a big bunch of pennyroyal so I can break pieces off all winter and think of summer. I'm going to look at everything, and smell everything, and listen to everything so I'll never forget -- "
― Elizabeth Enright , Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family, #3)
2 " Did you know that a bee dies after he stings you? And that there's a star called Aldebaran? And that around the tenth of August, any year, you can look up in the sky at night and see dozens and dozens of shooting stars? "
3 " Bake in a slow oven—” she continued. “Until the color and texture of grated charcoal,” said Rush. “Garnish with nuts, bolts, and old washers, and serve one month later. "
4 " This silence was woven of many sounds: of long soft owl calls, of tree frogs’ voices, of invisible wings fluttering past a window, and above all the delicate, ceaseless breathing of the woods. "
5 " The second exploded like a bomb, all by itself. "
6 " The candy bars in their paper wrappers also had interesting names such as “Nummy Bar "
7 " The whole house is impeakable. "
8 " Oliver!” cried Cuffy. “Not in your underwear! "
9 " Keep hib oud of here. Keep hib oud! "
10 " Fold in sugar very gently, add one teaspoon of vanilla and a half teaspoon of almond extract,” chanted Mona dreamily. “Pour into nine-inch mold, sprinkle lightly with chopped almonds, and—” “Rub into the scalp thoroughly, "
