Quotes from Annie Barrows

A hint: perhaps in this case, you should refrain from throwing the book at the audience when you finish.

I swung the door open and relaxed. She wasn't there. I stepped in and shut the door behind me. I had promised God I wouldn't touch anything. I'd just look at what was lying around. If Jane Eyre had only looked around a little, she might have saved herself a lot of heartache.

It's very demoralizing to be regarded as a problem rather than an individual.

Cada vez que prestamos un título, cada vez que preguntamos algo en relación con él, cada vez que decimos "Si te ha gustado ese, seguro que te gustará este" nos transformamos —por arte de magia— en esa sociedad literaria.

Time softened on Sundays; it stretched itself out in vast rubbery lengths, and by two o'clock, there was more of it than would ever be needed for anything. There

Annie Barrows lebt mit ihrem Mann und zwei Töchtern in Kalifornien. Die eine Tochter ist wie Ivy, die andere wie Bean. Sie brauen eine Menge Zaubertränke.

But what can I do? I can—she leapt into the abyss—join a ladies' club. There! That's respectable! That's something I can do! I can be ladylike. Why, I can be more ladylike than anyone, as long as I can keep myself from saying the first thing that pops into my mind.

She laughed—and then stopped.

feeling as though I meant nothing at all to anyone. I'm terribly lonely. How will I bear this for three more months? Today alone has lasted years.

out and skinny

WHAT HAPPENED TO IGGY ONCE HE GOT HOME

Get it, get it, get it!" moaned Bean. She had never been so bored in her entire life. She was so bored she fell on the floor. Then she took a tiny peek up at the lady in the dressing room next door. Yow. "Get up, Bean!" said her mother. "This minute." Bean got up and sat on the triangle seat again. She waited. Nancy looked at herself. "I kind of like it," Nancy said. "But it costs forty dollars. That's all my

You can do whatever you want if you don't care what people think

Yeah!" Iggy said, laughing. "We can all charge her at once! Like she turns to do something on the board, and we all go right then. Bbrrrrrrmmmm!" "She'd freak!" said Owen enthusiastically.

Andy crouched disconsolately before Judge Hardy. "Dad, I don't understand these modern girls. Polly won't let you kiss her at all, but this Cynthia, she'll let you kiss her whenever you want, all the time.

Nancy thought Bean was a pain and a pest. Bean thought Nancy was a booger-head.

Bean looked over at Zuzu and Vanessa's Graphing chart. They had done it all in different shades of pink.

Sometimes Felix seemed like an empty house, but he wasn't really. It was just that he kept all his possessions in a locked room. And when, once every few years, the door cracked open for a moment, she felt strangely moved to see herself within.

care what people think

It's very demoralizing to be regarded as a problem rather than an individual.

Don't you mind, Jottie? Don't you want to have what other people have? Just the regular things, you know, like a date or a kiss or a marriage?

Have you looked in the mirror lately?" asked Bean.

He pointed to a door.

bottom of the sea," whispered Ivy. Bean