"Noi did everything he could to make the whale feel at home. He told stories about life on the island. The whale was an excellent listener."
"Noi did everything he could to make the whale feel at home. He told stories about life on the island. The whale was an excellent listener."
"And the grandfather clock still went on striking, as if it had lost all count of time; and, while it struck, Tom, with joy in his heart, drew the bolt, turned the door-handle, opened the door and walked out into his garden, that he knew was waiting for him."
"Already she had spent many afternoons here, lying in a sandy hollow, hearing only the wind rustling the tops of the grasses, the distant crying of the gulls, and the soft soughing of the sea. It was like being at the very edge of the world."
"I was wondering..." Almanzo paused. Then he picked up Laura's hand that shone white in the starlight, and his sun-browned hand closed gently over it. He had never done that before. "Your hand is so small," he said. Another pause. Then quickly, "I was wondering if you would like an engagement ring."
"That would depend on who offered it to me," Laura told him.
"If I should?" Almanzo asked.
"Then it would depend on the ring," Laura answered...
"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." ~C. S. Lewis
"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives in an old white house with balconies and secret staircases. A wonderful house, in a beautiful garden, inside a compound. The trees are full of sweet, ripe fruit, and the flowers are full of sweet, juicy nectar, because this is Africa, and Africa can be like this."
Mrs. May looked back at her. "Kate," she said after a moment, "stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them." ~Mary Norton
"To Harry Potter--the boy who lived!" ✨
"And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles."
"And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles."
"You will like her," he persisted. "Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm."
"Voyons, do you think that is what I like?"
I let the kids watch shows this morning so I could finish this. 😬 Georgette Heyer is the perfect lighthearted read.
A few favorites of ours...I can't wait to read Mr. Revere and I to the boys since I loved it when I was younger!
A few favorites of ours...I can't wait to read Mr. Revere and I to the boys since I loved it when I was younger!
Currently reading this. It's dragging a bit in the second half but I'm determined to finish it!
"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."
"I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to 'I hate to read new books,' and I hollered 'Comrade!' to whoever owned it before me."
Not sure what I think of this one. I definitely couldn't put it down and enjoyed the story but man...I have mixed feelings about that ending.
"I was back at the flat so quick that I nearly met myself coming out."
One of these days I'm going to read this...
