The View from Saturday
A source page for quotes linked to E. L. Konigsburg.
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“Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?”
Source: The View from Saturday
“It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver.”
Source: The View from Saturday
“Indecisiveness wears a person out.”
Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
“When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else.”
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Biding one's time is a very different thing from patience.”
Source: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Source: Talktalk: a children's book author speaks to grown-ups
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character.”
Source: The View from Saturday
“Ninety percent of who you are is invisible." - Mrs. Zender”
“Going to school- picking an apple Getting an education- eating it”
“Never have a long conversation with anyone who says "between you and I.”
Source: Talk, Talk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-Ups
“Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.”
Source: Silent to the Bone
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: Silent to the Bone
“Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.”
Source: Silent to the Bone
“Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.”
Source: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Source: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
“I've been the oldest child since before you were born”
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.”
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: The View from Saturday
“There's something nice and safe about having money.”
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Sometimes we even have to risk making fools of ourselves.”
Source: The View from Saturday
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Source: Talk, Talk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-Ups
Source: Throwing Shadows
“Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.”
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts?”
Source: The View from Saturday
“Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.”
Source: Silent to the Bone