"Once, when Tom was over here, to tease……" — Hilary McKay
"Once, when Tom was over here, to tease Rose, I asked him, "Before she was born, can you remember? Were things just the same as they are these days? Did it still rain and get dark and all the stuff it does now? Did the sun go up and down in exactly the same way?" Yes," Tom said, and then he smiled at Rose and said, "No. Not really. Not exactly the same way."
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20 Quotes by Hilary McKay
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The house had a name. The Banana House. It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door.…
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