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Beverly Cleary is an American author renowned for her children's literature. Born on April 12, 1916, her works are characterized by their close connection to the lives of children and their humorous style, which has won the hearts of readers worldwide.

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“Pest was a fighting word to Ramona, because it was unfair. She was not a pest, at least not all the time. She was only littler than everyone else in the family, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not catch up.”

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Book:Ramona the Brave

Source: Ramona the Brave

“She wanted to do something bad. She wanted to do something terrible that would shock her whole family, something that would make them sit up and take notice.”

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Book:Ramona the Brave

Source: Ramona the Brave

“She didn't have to go and tell that, thought Ramona, feeling that her mother had betrayed her by telling, as if it were funny, something she had done a long time ago.”

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Book:Ramona and Her Mother

Source: Ramona and Her Mother

“Ramona felt sad and somehow lonely, as if she were left out of something important, because her family was in trouble and there was nothing she could do.”

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Book:Ramona and Her Father

Source: Ramona and Her Father

“No family is perfect. Get that idea out of your head. And nobody is perfect either. All we can do is work at it. And we do.”

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Book:Ramona and Her Father

Source: Ramona and Her Father

“Nobody understood what is was like to be six-years-old and the littlest in the family.”

Childhood Family Relationships Ramona Quimby

Book:Ramona the Brave

Source: Ramona the Brave

“She knew her mother and father loved one another, but, sometimes when they were tired and hurried, or when they had long, serious conversations after the girls had gone to bed, she wondered and worried, because she knew other children whose parents had stopped loving each one another. Now she knew everything was all right.”

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Book:Ramona Quimby, age 8

Source: Ramona Quimby, age 8

“Clank, crash, clank. Ramona forgot about her father being out of a job, she forgot how cross he had been since he gave up smoking, she forgot about her mother coming home tired from work and about Beezus being grouchy lately. She was filled with joy.”

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Book:Ramona and Her Father

Source: Ramona and Her Father

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Born: April 12, 1916
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Quotes: 109

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