“I knew that reading that book would take me into another world — the real world, not the ordinary world of washing the dishes and mopping the floor. It would be like what Keats said about gazing through a magic… — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“Not having any books makes me feel empty and strained and pathetic.” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“Hold your head up! Throw you shoulders back! It's the cheapest way to tell the world you're somebody!” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“and I sometimes wonder if every living thing doesn’t need kind words as much as sunshine and water.” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“You know how it is. Someone pretends to love you, and you give too much away.” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“He pried Clara's arms loose and stood up, smoothing his wrinkled coat. Clara looked straight into his face. Her eyelids were red, but her… — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“I knew that reading that book would take me into another world — the real world, not the ordinary world of washing the dishes… — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
The girls who come into my library adore the prettiness of fairies, theminiature-ness. But they are also nature lovers and lovers of adventure --… — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“on the morning of the best day of her life, Maude Flynn was locked in the outhouse singing 'the Battle Hymn of the Republic” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“Dr. Wintermute beheld Mrs. Pinchbeck befeathered, beribboned, crinolined, corseted, frizzled, and festooned, though not wasted.” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
“Maud, listen to me. It isn't wrong to be affectionate. And it isn't funny, either.” — Laura Amy Schlitz Copy Share Image
