Emily's Runaway Imagination Quotes

“And now I’m going to find out how to get a library started.”
― Beverly Cleary, Emily's Runaway Imagination: A Classic Story about a Girl Who Dreams of Bringing a Library to Her Small Oregon Town for Children

“She would not have hurt the old man’s feelings for anything in the world.”
― Beverly Cleary, Emily's Runaway Imagination: A Classic Story about a Girl Who Dreams of Bringing a Library to Her Small Oregon Town for Children

“And the muscles of his scrawny arms Are strong as rubber bands.”
― Beverly Cleary, Emily's Runaway Imagination: A Classic Story about a Girl Who Dreams of Bringing a Library to Her Small Oregon Town for Children

“Emily was lucky in many ways. She was lucky in the house she lived in, a house with three balconies, a cupola, banisters just right for sliding down, and the second bathtub in Yamhill County.”
― Beverly Cleary, Emily's Runaway Imagination: A Classic Story about a Girl Who Dreams of Bringing a Library to Her Small Oregon Town for Children

“Dear Emily, This week I went to the library. I got Black Beauty. It is about a horse. It is the best book I ever read. I read it three times. I have to go now. Write soon. Yours truly, Muriel. P.S. Mama sends her love.”
― Beverly Cleary, Emily's Runaway Imagination: A Classic Story about a Girl Who Dreams of Bringing a Library to Her Small Oregon Town for Children

“Uncle Avery, who was not only postmaster but mayor of Pitchfork as well.”
― Beverly Cleary, Emily's Runaway Imagination: A Classic Story about a Girl Who Dreams of Bringing a Library to Her Small Oregon Town for Children