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Tanya

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Tanya’s Quotes

“You have a gift, Louisiana, and the more of yourself you put into the song, the more powerful—the more truthful—the song becomes.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home

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“In the little yellow cottage which had once been the Ray house, lights were shining. It could almost have been home still. Betsy and Tacy could almost have been children again. “I wish I still lived there,” said Betsy, hugging Tacy, partly from love and partly from cold. “It’s such trouble to grow up.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself

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“it’s strange little moments that live inside you and keep peeking out the windows that open suddenly in your mind.”
― Anna Quindlen, Miller's Valley

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“That affair with Tony helped my writing,” she told Tacy. “I mean, it will when I get around to write. It’s good for writers to suffer.” Tony dropped in often, teasing and affectionate as ever, and quite unaware of having improved her art.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself

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“She never sounded pleased about beef noodle casserole or chicken à la king, either, but she did seem to perk up at pork chops and ham. I guess she was a pig girl.”
― Anna Quindlen, Miller's Valley

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