Quotes from Beverly Cleary

She was often excited. She liked to be excited.

RAMONA AND THE MILLION DOLLARS

Mrs. Quimby pushed her chair farther from the table and glanced at her watch. All eyes were on her. "Shall I call the doctor?" asked Mr. Quimby. "Please," said Mrs. Quimby as she rose from the table, hugged Algie, and breathed, "Oo-oo.

RALPH S. MOUSE

You have a little brother, she reminded him. I know, answered Yard Ape, but we just keep him for a pet.

Henry, for heaven's sake, can't you light some place?

People often called Ramona bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. When she was younger, she blinked her eyes, held up her hands like paws, and wiggled her bottom as if she were wagging a tail.

You shouldn't leave your crayon on other people's beds where it can get sat on.

Mrs. Quimby looked amused, which Ramona found pleasant, not like bring laughed at.

And Sandra, she knew from her experience with the fly spray, was ruthless. "You don't know it." There was triumph in Sandra's voice. "I know something you don't

control and to keep your hands to yourself. There are all kinds of teachers in the world just as there are all kinds of other people, and you must learn to get along with them. Maybe Mrs. Griggs doesn't understand how you feel, but you aren't always easy to understand. Did you ever think of that?

sidewalk, she realized that something

The book I read said ten is the nicest age of growing up. It said ten-year-olds are pleasant and agreeable

Hello, you old dog," Henry said. "You can't have my ice cream cone.

If you don't see a book you want on the bookshelf, write it.

She's made me lots of costumes." Maybe "lots" was stretching the truth a bit.

She was happier than she had been in a long time.

She really was weating Stan's bracelet on her arm, something she had scarcely allowed herself to think about-at least not often; it would be so far in the future, if it happened at all. And now it had happened, months before she had dreamed it could.

Ryan Bramble, the son of the hotel's new housekeeper, and Ralph, the mouse who lived under the grandfather clock.

I felt sad and a whole lot better at the same time.

Ramona understood what Beezus meant, because she felt sad too, and her stomach felt tight when her father came home tired and discouraged after a day in the checkout line. People were in a hurry, many were cross because the line was long, and some customers acted as if he were to blame because prices were so high.

the front, brushed her teeth, and went to bed

Nobody had to tell Ramona life was full of disappointments. She already knew.

remembered to use the hand brakes I hit a tree and took an awful spill.