Random Quotes from Books

"So please, Oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in it's place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall."
--Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl

"Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation."
--The Elephant and his son, Arnold Lobel

"Sometimes the feeling is more important than the word."
--Nobody Stole the Pie, Sonia Levitin

"I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking."
--Trumpet of the Swan, E. B. White

"Some people talk in a whisper,
And some people talk in a drawl;
And some people talk-and-talk-and-talk-
and-talk-and-talk
And never say anything at all."
--Thoughts on the Talkers, Walter R. Brooks

"Front yards are boring.
Backyards tell stories."
--Backyards, James Stevenson

"Grown ups sure do a lot of pretending and call it politeness."
--Miss Charity Comes to Stay, Alberta Wilson Constant

"I speak quietly,
I do not sing,
I whisper, for beauty
is a fragile thing."
--Marigolds, Charlotte Zolotow

"Really, sometimes life just knocks me out!"
--The Alfred Summer, Jan Slepian

"I have no time to grow old... I am too busy for that.
It is very idle to grow old."
--The Golden Key, George MacDonald

"I am a bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me."
--Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne

"And half the fun of nearly everything, you know, is thinking about it beforehand, or afterward."
--Uncle Wiggily's Story Book, Howard R. Garis

"The world is so you have something to stand on."
--A Hole is to Dig, Ruth Krauss

"Without a doubt, there is such a thing as too much order."
--The Crocodile in the Bathroom, Arnold Lobel

"It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper."
--Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine

"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."
--The Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White

(All of these quotes are from, "What the Door Mouse Said" and were collected by Amy Gash)