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A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1) QUOTES

A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1) QUOTES

1 " The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

2 " Never trust an ugly woman. She's got a grudge against the world,' said Grandma who was no oil painting herself. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

3 " Nobody but a reader becomes a writer. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

4 " Blue lightning flashed in the kitchen, and for a split second you could see every calendar on the wall in there. Than an almighty explosion like the crack of doom. She'd rolled a cherry bomb across the floor, and it went off right under the eight feet of the Cowgill brothers, the three big bruisers and Ernie. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

5 " I don’t think grandma’s a very good influence on us. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

6 " And I'll tell you something else for free. If you set a foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

7 " Grandma saved herself a lot of bother by not being the kind of person you question. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

8 " It was always August. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

9 " Are all my memories true? Every word, and growing truer with the years. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

10 " Grandma's lie were more interesting, even historical. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)

11 " What little we knew about grownups didn't seem to cover Grandma. "

― Richard Peck , A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)