Uncle tom Quote by Eleanor H. Porter

“May we take my uncle's letter to read to her? Take whatever you like, and get away.”

— Jane Austen

“In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, Tom was whitewashing with vigor, and Aunt Polly…

— Mark Twain

“Uncle Henry visiting a fancy house? Oh, Aunt Rachel, I bet those ladies double their rates when they see the likes of him coming!”…

— Catherine Anderson

“Who's he going to outwit?" Sophia asked. "Relatives." Grandmother said. "Nasty relatives. They tell him what to do without asking him what he wants,…

— Tove Jansson

“It was Papa," Marian interrupted quietly, glancing up at her aunt. "He looked directly at me,not a foot away from me.It was Papa." Kathleen…

— Johanna Lindsey

[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to…

— Barbara Pym

“Where’s my uncle?” she asked. “I don’t know who your uncle is, but if it as the guy who owned this place before I…

— Max Nowaz

“Auntie had nothing to say to that. Whatever was on this man's mind, it had nothing to do with her. There were times when…

— Justin Cronin

“Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments. Like many other simple-hearted…

— Mark Twain

“Then you--weren't lovers?" Pollyanna's voice was tragic with dismay. "Never!" "And it isn't all coming out like a book? . . . Oh dear!…

— Eleanor H. Porter

“Have you caught cold?' 'It would appear so.' 'You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Missus called out to Tomfry, said keep it down, a lady shouldn’t know where her bacon comes from. When we heard that, I told…

— Sue Monk Kidd