Beezus and Ramona Quotes

“After Father had served the chicken and mashed potatoes and peas and Mother had passed the hot rolls, Beezus decidedthe time had come to tell Aunt Beatrice about being Sacajawea. "Do you know what I did last week?" she began. "I want some jelly," said Ramona "You mean, 'Please pass the jelly,' "corrected Mother while Beezus waited patiently. 'No, what did you do last week?" asked Aunt Beatrice. "Well, last week I-" Beezus began again. " like purple jelly better then red jelly," said Ramona. ' Ramona , stop interrupting your sister," said Father. "Well, Ido like purple jelly better then red jelly," insisted Ramona."Never mind," said Mother. "Go no, Beezus." Last week-" said Beezus, looking at her aunt, who smiled as if she understood."Excuse me, Beezus," Mother cut in. "Ramona, we do not put jelly on our mashed potatoes." "I like jelly on my mashed potatoes."Ramona stirred potato and jelly aroud with her fork. "Ramona you heard what your mother said." Father looked stern. "If I can ut butter on my mashed potateos, why can't I put jelly? I put butter and jelly on toast," said Ramona. Father couldn't help laughing. "That's a hard question to answer." "But Mother-" Beezus began."I like jelly on my mashed potateos," interrupted Ramona, looking sulky.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Mother, what am I going to do?' Beezus demanded. 'It's checked out on my card and I'm responsible. They won't let me take any more books out of the library, and I won't have anything to read, and it will all be Ramona's fault. She's always spoiling my fun and it isn't fair!' Beezus didn't know what she would do without her library card. She couldn't get along without library books. She just couldn't, that was all.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Ramona grabbed the book. “It’s mine. I told you it was mine!” Then she turned to Beezus and said triumphantly, “You said people didn’t buy books at the library and now you just bought one!”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Plainly something had to be done and it was up to Beezus to do it.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“attention.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Girls with birthdays don’t have to help clear the table,”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“One spring day Ramona had got lost, because she started out to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Mother, what am I going to do?" Beezus demanded. "It's checked out on my card and I'm responsible. they won't let me take any more books out of the library, and I won't have anything to read, and it will all be Ramona's fault. She's always spoiling my fun and it isn't fair!" Beezus didn't know what she would do without her library card. She couldn't get along without library books. She just couldn't, that was all.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“davenport”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“With gray thread Beezus carefully outlined the steam coming from the teakettle’s spout and thought about her pretty young aunt, who was always so gay and so understanding. No wonder she was Mother’s favorite sister. Beezus hoped to be exactly like Aunt Beatrice when she grew up. She wanted to be a fourth-grade teacher and drive a yellow convertible and live in an apartment house with an elevator and a buzzer that opened the front door. Because she was named after Aunt Beatrice, Beezus felt she might be like her in other ways, too.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Mother,” said Ramona urgently. This time she stepped into the hall. “Unless we get a ladder (Go back to your room, Ramona) and break the window so we can unlock it,” Mother continued, speaking with one sentence inside another, the way grown-ups so often did with Ramona around. “But Mother,” insisted Ramona even more urgently. “I have to—” “Oh, dear, I might have known,” sighed Mother.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“embroidering”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“No!” screamed Ramona, who wanted to boss her own party.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“while Beezus held Ramona by the hand”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Beezus looked up from her pot holder.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“tickle”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“bulldozer.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“One day after school Henry Huggins, who lived”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“did when her hair was washed. When Mother finished she”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Mother—” began Ramona, leaning out into the hall. Mother paid no attention to her. “I just don’t see what we can”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona

“Tiddlywinks, tiddlywinks, I want to play tiddlywinks," chanted Ramona, shaking her head back and forth.”
― Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona