Katy Quotes

“me. I don’t want to have to feel grateful all the time.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“I’ll wheel you into the kitchen, Katy,’ said Clover. ‘I can wheel myself,’ I said. ‘So what have you two been up to?”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“Oh wow! There’s a great big Range Rover pulled up outside and a big girl’s getting out!’ Jonnie yelled. ‘I think we might like her after all if she lets us have a ride in her big posh car!”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“obstinate”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“briskly.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“woebegone”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“mildly”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“ominously.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“retaliate.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“tomfoolery”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“triumphantly.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“airily”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“shrill.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“Am I the worst person in the world??? I’ve just been so mean to my little stepsister and now she’s blubbing away and no one will even tell me off, because I’m the poor, helpless cripple. Why do I have to be so mean?”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“ago so Dad had these workmen come to retile it. They put the ladder up and forgot to take it away again. Lots of green moss has grown back on the roof now, which makes it very soft and comfortable, like a green carpet. I like to sit with my legs swinging down, peering out over next-door’s garden. Not number four next door, where Cecy lives. I mean number eight the other side of us – the sad house. Old Mrs Burton lives there. At least I think she does. No one’s seen her for years and years. She used to be this perfectly ordinary old lady when Mr Burton was still around. They invited Clover and me in for tea several times, after Mum died. We didn’t really like to go, because we didn’t know what to say to them and there was nothing very much to do. Mrs Burton had a collection of little china pots with painted lids and she let us look at each one, but we weren’t allowed to touch because they were precious and we were only little. The tea was very strange too. We had to drink out of cups on saucers, whereas we were used to mugs, so we found it difficult. Then there was a plate of thin bread and butter to eat. Not even any jam. Just a piece of bread and butter. Mrs Burton said if we ate it all up we would be allowed cakes. So we chewed valiantly and then Mr Burton went into the kitchen and came back with a small plate of little iced cakes. He called them fancies. There were two yellow and two pink. I chose yellow and Mrs Burton and Mr Burton took the pink ones. I saw Clover’s face. I knew just how much she wanted a pink one too. She didn’t eat her yellow one properly; she just bit all the icing off the top and licked the little bit of cream inside. Mr and Mrs Burton weren’t cross with her. They shook their heads and patted her curls and said she was a lovely little girlie. ‘A real Goldilocks,’ said Mr Burton. They”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“stop that row!”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“I decided to sort that out straight away the minute I got home.”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did

“Rooftoppers”
― Jacqueline Wilson, Katy: A modern version of the much-loved classic, What Katy Did