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the boundaries between wildness and domesticity not only run high, but are affected by all kinds of subtle social considerations – fashion, community solidarity, class, horticultural fervour.
“Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“we have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.”
― Women & Power: A Manifesto
― Women & Power: A Manifesto
“This is not the real cave, is it?" asked Rachel.
"Can't be," said Jerry.
"Must be," said Dick. "Sign says so."
What a cave! Iron fencing all around it, a sign saying to keep out, even barbed wire along the top of the fence. They couldn't see the entrance to the cave. They couldn't tell how deep into the earth and rock it went. They couldn't tell whether this cave was like the cave in Tom Sawyer or what it was like...
"In old times, it was better," said Rachel. "They did not have cages around things.”
― Ginger Pye
"Can't be," said Jerry.
"Must be," said Dick. "Sign says so."
What a cave! Iron fencing all around it, a sign saying to keep out, even barbed wire along the top of the fence. They couldn't see the entrance to the cave. They couldn't tell how deep into the earth and rock it went. They couldn't tell whether this cave was like the cave in Tom Sawyer or what it was like...
"In old times, it was better," said Rachel. "They did not have cages around things.”
― Ginger Pye
“Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Make Good Art
― Make Good Art
“In Boston one day, she had an unusual experience. While Papa and Auntie Hoyt waited out of sight somewhere, she had to go by herself into a large room in a department store and listen to someone dressed like Santa Claus read a Christmas story and "Twas the Night Before Christmas. This seemed odd to her for at Thanksgiving time, she was not ready for Santa Claus. In Cranbury they got through the turkeys and the pumpkins and the Pilgrims before they brought out the Santa Clauses. She was quite relieved when the whole occasion was over.”
― Ginger Pye
― Ginger Pye
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