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Famous Beverly Cleary Quotes
“Grown-ups often forgot that no child likes to be ordered to be nice to another child.”
“Nobody had to tell Ramona life was full of disappointments. She already knew.”
“She wanted a grown-up to be wrong for a change. She was tired of the rightness of grown-ups.”
“Mrs. Quimby looked amused, which Ramona found pleasant, not like bring laughed at.”
“She was often excited. She liked to be excited.”
“Ramona required accuracy from books as well as people.”
“Miss Binney was not like most grown-ups. Miss Binney understood.”
“Ramona, who did not mean to pester her mother, could not see why grown-ups had to be so slow.”
“Nobody understood what is was like to be six-years-old and the littlest in the family.”
“Scrimp and pinch to make ends meet, thought Ramona, liking the sound of the words.”
“We can't always do what we want in life," answered her father, "so we do the best we can.”
“Ramona did not know what to say. She did not feel words like darling or adorable fitted this baby.”