Brian P. Cleary Quotes

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• Our cat is kind dove shellfish, and thinks the world is hers, She finds a comfy spot and then we pet turtle sheep purrs.
• There’s no such thing as free kittens.
• Children are like sponges; they start to smell after a little while.
• In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.
• I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated.
• When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding…
• You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an…
• Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more…
• I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up…
• If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do…
• Any cupcake consumed before 9AM is, technically, a muffin.
• When a kid says "smell my hand," it almost never smells like cinnamon.
• Not only is love blind, it’s a little hard of hearing.
• It’s not technically gossip if you start your sentence with “I’m really concerned about __________________ ,” (fill in the name of the person you’re not…
• Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.
• A good friend will help you plant your tulips. A great friend will help you plant a gun on the unarmed intruder you just shot.
• If a couple has their picture taken at a wedding or other social gathering, and the woman looks hot, her guy could be blinking, chewing,…

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