Precocious Child Quotes

“{Lucy} knew other things too, more important non-school things. She knew that when grown-ups lowered their voices it meant you had to listen harder.”
― Jodi Picoult, Second Glance

“I fink it is a femuw. A femuw of a winowcowus... A a-stinct winocowus.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Curse of the Pharaohs

“At four Petie took to yelling at the heavenly bodies: —Hey, orbs! Wait for me! or, Orbs…listen to this! A genius, Lou thought; he commanded constellations. Clearly a poet.”
― Annie Dillard, The Maytrees