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Quotes About Boxcar

Bought the Vegematic and Pocket Fisherman, too, illuminated illustrated history of Life, and Boxcar Willie.
~ Steve Goodman
Gertrude Chandler Warner
~ not have been
Benny sat on the floor next to Mrs. Collins and said, "Would you come and visit us sometime? I'd like to show you our boxcar. You know we ran away once, too." Mrs. Collins smiled. "Benny, I would love to visit you and to hear about your adventures." "We've had lots of them," Violet said. "But you know, I think this one was the best." The Mystery of the Singing Ghost
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
The hippopotamus is a vegetarian but ferociously territorial (you might find that true of certain vegans you know), and will flip a raft or bite it in half: once one is in the water, the crocodiles show up like a bunch of starving hobos descending on a boxcar full of fried chicken.
~ Tom Robbins
How they love the old boxcar!
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
As he sat before the elderly Irishman in his boxcar, the moment of realization suddenly tumbled into Elefante's consciousness with startling efficiency, landing on his insides with a heaviness that felt like a blacksmith's hammer falling on an anvil.
~ James McBride
The train's conductor, J. F. Gamble, flung himself into the cab, his uniform soaked and dripping, to report the worst: one of the hundred-ton boxcars at the rear of the train had been toppled by the wind and waves, automatically locking the air brakes on the entire chain.
~ Les Standiford