"I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up."

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Beverly Cleary

#Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Book Quotes

“I like Irish pubs, except for all the loud music and drinking, and people acting like idiots.”
“I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.”

Source : "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners" by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 206), 2004.
“I think that popular culture takes a long time to catch up to what's actually happening in the world. Women have had to take care of themselves for quite a while. Actually, not had to take of themselves, but have wanted to take care of themselves, so I think it's a big transition that our country and our society has been going through a long time.”
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”
“I'm not trying to spell out a story. I still think you feel the painting, and the reason you read the mark is because you also feel the mark.”
“An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.”
“Any man who is a bear on the future of this country will go broke.”
“Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history - the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and other no less repulsive manifestations of Christian civilization in Europe and elsewhere - modern man is filled with pride in the progress accomplished, in one line at least, since the end of the dark ages of religious fanaticism.”

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