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“I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary,' she said, sticking her chin in the air.”
― Michelle Magorian, Good Night, Mr. Tom

“Miss Thorne said no more. Poor boy, she thought, away from his loving home and now dumped with an irritable old man. Tom”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom

“I expect you think I’m a bit forward,’ remarked Zach. ‘Wot?”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom

“Cream and amber butterflies flew intermittently from behind the hedgerows and strange, exotic smells hit their noses.”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom

“Do you think, said Will, gazing over the wall at the oak tree, do you think you can die of happiness?”
― Michelle Magorian, Good Night, Mr. Tom

“The sun shone in a clear uncluttered azure sky”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom

“one of”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom

“ruddy”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom

“How could anyone not want to live, thought Will, when there were so many things to live for? there were rainy nights and wind and the slap of the sea and the moon. There were books to read and pictures to paint and music.”
― Michelle Magorian, Good Night, Mr. Tom

“It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.”
― Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom