I've been going insane reading my students' papers…

People sometimes make unexpected choices when they're lonely

— Jeanne Birdsall

Donit kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey.

— Jeanne Birdsall

[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer…

— Jeanne Birdsall

“Is this his eye or his tooth?” asked Aunt Claire, waving around another puzzle piece.”

— Jeanne Birdsall

“Jane,' she said, climbing down from the chair. 'Remember last year when I built that model wind tower for you and you wrote those…

— Jeanne Birdsall

“All the stories are wonderful, except maybe the ones about Dominic.”

— Jeanne Birdsall

...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick

— Jeanne Birdsall

“CHAPTER ONE A Boy at the Window FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT SUMMER, the four Penderwick sisters still talked of Arundel. Fate drove…

— Jeanne Birdsall

“Tooth, I guess.”

— Jeanne Birdsall

“She knew that hearing bad things about yourself is one of the punishments for eavesdropping.”

— Jeanne Birdsall

“Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey.”

— Jeanne Birdsall

The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course,…

— Jeanne Birdsall

And I don't know if Batty's gotten over it yet,' said Skye. Mr. Penderwick looked out the window to where Batty was playing vampires…

— Jeanne Birdsall

The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain.

— Jeanne Birdsall

Am I odd?Is there something wrong with me,like Mrs.Tifton Said?" Skye knelt down on the wet grass and looked straight into Batty's eyes. "No…

— Jeanne Birdsall