Quotes About Nellie

A book," Nellie confided in her diary, "has more fascination for me than anything else.

Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. Abilene had not done it. Nor had Nellie. And most certainly, Bull had not. It was a singular sensation to be held so gently and yet so fiercely, to be stared down at with so much love. Edward felt the whole of his china body flood with warmth. (page 128)

And Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. Before, when Abilene talked to him, everything has seemed so boring, so pointless. But now, the stories Nellie told struck him as the most important thing in the world and he listened as if his life depended on what she said. It made him wonder if some of the mush from the ocean floor had gotten inside his china head and damaged him somehow.

Atticus adjusted his glasses as he peered down at the blanket. "Hey, is that the book Nellie told us abo

This 'Whoa, Nellie!' thing is overrated. There were all kinds of stories going around. People said I had a mule in Georgia named Nellie. Well, we had a mule in Georgia, but her name was Pearl.

It's impossible, Amy muttered. The lead? Nellie said, a baffled look spreading across her face. You havn't even heard it yet. The whole clue hunt, Dan corrected. It's useless. We can't win. Not the way we're supposed to. Why'd we even bother coming here?

It's a pleasure to see you again, Doctor, Nellie said sweetly. It would be an even greater pleasure to take a baseball bat to your lousy head.

Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.

The fact that Nellie wasn't any one person but rather a composite of three of the real Laura's antagonists' worst traits makes her even more terrifying, some kind of blond Frankenstein assembled from assorted bitch parts.

Luckily, she allowed us to retrieve the antidote from our carry-on. That's kindness, Amy said. I made them agree to give me all their cash, Nellie explained. That's bribery, Natalie grumbled.

Subway shut down, people on the tracks... I'm, like, ding! Amy and Dan, no-brainer! - Nellie

smelt what I took to be cleaning fluid. It was that comforting smell that means everything's clean and cared for. I figured Nellie had cleaned. Later

I turned to see a young woman standing in the doorway. Young, pretty, unassuming, the sort of girl that always worked at little inns like this: a Nellie. Nell. The sort of girl who spent her life in a perpetual flinch because the innkeeper had a temper and a sharp tongue and wasn't afraid to show her the back of his hand.