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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.”
“One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.”
“It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.”
“It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.”
“It is better to travel with hope in one's heart than to arrive in safety. . . . We should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over. The day the experiment succeeds is the day the experiment ends. And I inevitably find that the sadness of ending outweighs the celebration of success.”
“It means that we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over.”
“But my mother's life was a never-ending round of maintenance. Not one single thing did she ever achieve but that it had to be done all over again, one day or one week or one season later. Oh, the monotony.”
“When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.”
“We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.”
“Lula," I said, "do you ever think about getting married?" I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?" You have to let your husband kiss you once you're married. And you have to kiss him back."No," she said. Yes." I nodded, as if I knew everything there was to know about husbands and wives kissing. "That's what they do together." Do you have to?" Oh, absolutely. It's the law." I never heard of that law," she said dubiously. It's true, it's Texas law," I said.”
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