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“She was home, among the mayor's books of every color and description, with their silver and gold lettering. She could smell the pages. She…

— Markus Zusak

“...after our weekly trip to the library, she cleared the top of her dresser and set out her week's reading, stood them on their…

— Eleanor Brown

“I told her I'd made a huge mistake and that sparkles was definitely a letter. The kindergarten teacher was like, please don’t ever talk…

— Audrey Bell

“Great, Kelly thought, a knot of fear tightening her stomach. A mugger with a taste for Shakespeare. This could only happen in Cental Park.”

— Lesley Livingston

“However, now she was a schoolgirl no longer. She had discovered how to manage her hair, had been to one or two parties and…

— Monica Dickens

“In Mr. Reed’s classroom there’s a photo of Molly Molasses taken near the end of her life. In it she sits ramrod straight, wearing…

— Christina Baker Kline

“The goal, Sister Clare had taught them in school, was shorthand so neat and so legible that anyone can pick up your steno book…

— Alice McDermott

“She wrote his name on a piece of paper and lit it with a match. The letters curled as they turned dark and misshapen…

— Eric Overby

“Daisy wore a clingy black dress with a neckline so deep it could tutor philosophy.”

— Harlan Coben

“When she finished, the white teacher, his face streaked with tears, tapped his boss on the shoulder, and like a television cop handing in…

— Paul Beatty

“Where once September seemed merely and quietly odd, staring out the window during Mathematics lectures and reading big colorful books under her desk during…

— Catherynne M. Valente