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> [You know, Mouse," Tabby said, "a brilliant cat like me should have smart friends; people who can count to more than four." "I can count to more than four," answered Mouse, very offended. "And I can do hard sums, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/you-know-mouse-tabby-said-a-brilliant-cat-like-me-should-have-smart/)

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## More by Ruth Park

> [“Then she said, with piteous defiance, "If I could love her, the Good Lord could, and he won't be too hard on an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/then-she-said-with-piteous-defiance-if-i-could-love-her-the-good-lord/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [ “\[a\]nd the Pig Man came in from Waitomo and swore that if Louisa didn't marry him he'd damn well vote Labour at the next… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/a-nd-the-pig-man-came-in-from-waitomo-and-swore-that-if-louisa-didn-t/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [You know, Mouse," Tabby said, "a brilliant cat like me should have smart friends; people who can count to more than four." "I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/you-know-mouse-tabby-said-a-brilliant-cat-like-me-should-have-smart/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/writing-is-a-passion-i-have-never-understood-yet-a-storyteller-is-all/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/the-world-is-full-of-novels-in-which-characters-simply-say-and-do/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/he-who-climbs-a-cliff-may-die-on-the-cliff-so-what-always-a-risk/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [“You're a hidjus old pollywobble!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/you-re-a-hidjus-old-pollywobble/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [“The announcer, in milky tones, rolled out the commercial; it was all about some sort of washing powder that made laundry days a mere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/the-announcer-in-milky-tones-rolled-out-the-commercial-it-was-all/)

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> [In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/in-a-still-hot-morning-the-tide-went-out-and-didn-t-come-back-in-this/)

[Ruth Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-park/)

> [“And when he got home he started on Mumma. He hated her then, because in her fatness and untidiness and drabness she reminded him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-park/and-when-he-got-home-he-started-on-mumma-he-hated-her-then-because-in/)

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