"I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited……" — Ann M. Martin
"I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray'sAs I read about the School Entertainment and ice cream socials, about ladies leaving calling cards and the milkman with his horse-drawn wagon, I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace"
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12 Quotes by Ann M. Martin
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More Betsy Quotes
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The Social Citizen is the best, most thorough, and most methodologically sophisticated treatment of the role of social networks in…
— James H. Fowler
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Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.
— Judy Blume
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I like Betsy Ross as a model, too, the quilting bee, sitting around with your friends making art, asking what…
— Kiki Smith
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When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it…
— Kathryn Lasky
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Do you girls have hope chests?' Lloyd asked. We certainly do.' I don't,' said Betsy. 'My husband and I are…
— Maud Hart Lovelace
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People were always saying to Margaret, 'Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?'…
— Maud Hart Lovelace
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Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she…
— Mae West
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It's nice to see you again, Laura." "Thank you, Mrs. T-" "No, no, no. Please, my name is-" "Mud," I…
— MaryJanice Davidson
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Also,I loathe it when you refer to me as dude" Eric Sinclair to Betsy
— MaryJanice Davidson
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He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen…
— MaryJanice Davidson
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Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting…
— Maud Hart Lovelace
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Zombieland reference," Jon said, nodding. "How do you know that? That's a thousand-year-old reference!" I looked at laura. "I can't…
— MaryJanice Davidson
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