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1 " Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey. "
― Jeanne Birdsall , The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks #1)
2 " The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain. "
3 " Toward the urn the three children raced in a dead heat, Jane still shouting . FOR CHURCHILL, NELSON, AND PRINCE WILLIAM! "
4 " And I don't know if Batty's gotten over it yet,' said Skye.Mr. Penderwick looked out the window to where Batty was playing vampires with Hound. Hound was on his back, trying to wiggle out of the black towel Batty had tied around his neck. Batty was leaping over Hound's water bowl, shrieking, 'Blood, blood!''She looks all right,' he said. "
5 " People sometimes make unexpected choices when they're lonely "
6 " Am I odd? Is there something wrong with me, like Mrs. Tifton said?"Skye knelt down on the wet grass and looked straight into Batty's eyes. "No you stupid idiot, there's nothing wrong with you. "
7 " This is what made a book great, she thought, that you could read it over and over and never get tired of it. "
8 " Parents almost always want what's best for their children. They just don't always know what that is. "
9 " Endings are sad, aren't they?""Yes. "
10 " It was all a cottage is supposed to be, small and snug, with a front porch, pink climbing roses, and lots of trees for shade. "
11 " quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem...Skye was used to hearing this phrase, which Mr. Penderwick translated loosely as look before you leap and please don't do anything crazy. "
12 " If there could be anything worse than having a parent die, it would be having a parent who never bothered to meet you. "
13 " Skye's always saying exactly the wrong thing to people-it wasn't just special for you. "
14 " No, you stupid idiot, there's nothing wrong with you. You're perfect. "
15 " You have a rare and marvelous gift with words. "
16 " It's not right to shoot someone because they're not intelligent. "
17 " The moonlight had turned the gardens into a fairyland, magnificent and mysterious. "
18 " Why does everybody think I argue? I never argue." Skye hesitated. "Or at least, I'm not going to argue as much anymore.""That would be a miracle."Skye chose to pretend she hadn't heard. "
19 " She had to defend the people she loved the best. "
20 " Her father had been forced to cancel her clarinet lessons after the neighbors complained about the practicing. "