Rascal Quotes

“We were probably as happy as anyone can be in our world.”
― Sterling North, Rascal

“Somewhere it must all be recorded, as insects are captured in amber--that day on the river: transcribed in Brûlée's water, written on the autumn air, safe at least in my memory.”
― Sterling North, Rascal: The true story of a pet Raccoon

“Ernest performed a strange service for any male in that household. He helped his mother put breakfast on the table, and suggested that she sit down to eat with the rest of us.”
― Sterling North, Rascal

“Mike had bet that he could go twice around the track while Thurman and his Ford made a mere three rounds! There was one shrewd catch, however. Donnybrook needed no cranking, and Thurman must wait for the starting gun before cranking his Ford, jumping into his roadster, and streaking off after the stallion and his master.”
― Sterling North, Rascal

“Well, son,” Bert said, “you can’t get anything in this world without working for it.”
― Sterling North, Rascal

“My mother had told me that seeds carry in their “memory” the whole complex pattern of stem and leaf and flower and fruit, and she had shown me how the stamens and pistils begin the seed-making process all over again.”
― Sterling North, Rascal