“It thought about the magic that happens when you tell a story right, and everybody who hears it not only loves the story, but they love you a little bit, too, for telling it so well. Like I love Ms. Washington, in spite of myself, the first time I heard her. When you hear somebody read a story well, you can't help but think there's some good inside them, even if you don't know them.”
― Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
― Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
“We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have many more ways to say it?”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“After you get stung, you can't get unstung
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
no matter how much you whine about it.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
“I closed my eyes, put my right hand on top of the book, and passed it lightly across the cover. It was cool and smooth like a stone from the bottom of the brook, and it stilled me. A whole other world is inside there, I thought to myself, and that's where I want to be.”
― Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
― Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
“I just loved making words into stories by the sound of my voice.”
― Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
― Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
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