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"Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected."
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Charles Lamb
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I read this with my little boys and they LOVED it. They would beg for me to read more each time. Tonight we are a little sad to have finished and to leave Blueland behind.
I enjoyed the story line, the clever, fun things Elmer does in rescuing hi...more |
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| I learned so much from this book! Lovely. | |
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| I loved this. It is as good as Heidi, and that is my favorite for children. I have been uplifted and inspired to better behavior. That is the power of good writing. | |
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| This is not satisfying for an adult reader, but I think would resonate with a younger reader. It is sweet and noble to a fault. It gives a glimpse at what Alcott would become. | |
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“His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs. ”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
― Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
“the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
― George Elliott, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
― George Elliott, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”
― Charles Lamb, The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb
― Charles Lamb, The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb
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