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The children were not begging. Rather they were imploring us to pick them up. — Anthony Cleary

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives. — Beverly Cleary

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian. — Beverly Cleary

I read my books aloud before they were published. — Beverly Cleary

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. — Beverly Cleary

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there. — Beverly Cleary

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. — Beverly Cleary

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books. — Beverly Cleary

The Buddhas speak the wondrous sound throughout the world; the Teachings spoken over countless ages can all be expounded in a single word. — Thomas Cleary

Look for loyal ministers in homes with filial sons — Thomas Cleary

He just couldn't believe that he could do it. But what he didn't know was whether he couldn't believe it or that he didn't want to believe it. — Brian Cleary

That was the trouble with this house. A girl couldn't even carry on a telephone conversation with any privacy — Beverly Cleary

I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems. — Beverly Cleary

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all. — Beverly Cleary

I know this is probably sort of sudden." The boy hesitated. "But I was wodnering if you would care to go to the movies with me tomorrow night. — Beverly Cleary

When a kid says "smell my hand," it almost never smells like cinnamon. — Brian P. Cleary

I barrel into his arms, my mouth connecting with his. Seizing him. Feeling him. Loving him. — K.A. Tucker

He leans in closer and closer until his breath caresses my mouth. I'm paralyzed. I swear he's going to kiss me. I swear I'm going to let him. — K.A. Tucker

I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic. — Neil Patrick Harris

most beautiful, magic time of the whole year. Her parents loved her, and she loved them, — Beverly Cleary

Quite often somebody will say, 'What year do your books take place?' and the only answer I can give is, in childhood. — Beverly Cleary

I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works. — Beverly Cleary

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her. — Beverly Cleary

Children are like sponges; they start to smell after a little while. — Brian P. Cleary

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it. — Beverly Cleary

Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, and then everything burst into flames. — Brian P. Cleary

Say, who is this Mr. King?" "What Mr. King?" asked Ramona, walking into his trap. "Nosmo King, — Beverly Cleary

A good friend will help you plant your tulips. A great friend will help you plant a gun on the unarmed intruder you just shot. — Brian P. Cleary

Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even find out his name — Beverly Cleary

Now that I've come to terms with the fact that the bastard is going to affect me whether I like it or not, he's even hotter than before. — K.A. Tucker

Ralph really felt sorry for the boy, hampered as he was by his youth and his mother. — Beverly Cleary

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. — Beverly Cleary

Philosophy does not have to be only an intellectual exercise but can be used to understand everyday living. — Skye Cleary

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books. — Beverly Cleary

He's not a bad guy, deep down," I said.
My dad slipped the key into the door. "Deep down, no one is. But you make choices. — Aaron Starmer

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next. — Beverly Cleary

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it. — Beverly Cleary

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated. — Brian P. Cleary

Children want to do what grownups do. — Beverly Cleary

Words were so puzzling. Present should mean a present just as attack should mean to stick tacks in people. — Beverly Cleary

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell. — Beverly Cleary

Our cat is kind dove shellfish, and thinks the world is hers, She finds a comfy spot and then we pet turtle sheep purrs. — Brian P. Cleary

I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don't want to let go. Ever. — K.A. Tucker

What interests me is what children go through while growing up. — Beverly Cleary

Any cupcake consumed before 9AM is, technically, a muffin. — Brian P. Cleary

Tiddlywinks, tiddlywinks, I want to play tiddlywinks, chanted Ramona, shaking her head back and forth. — Beverly Cleary

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it. — Beverly Cleary

Amy thought a moment. How could they get rid of their mother? We could have her away taking care of a sick neighbor, and we are all alone in the house — Beverly Cleary

If you treat what you value most in life more like a garden and less like a vending machine, you'll probably be happier. (from You Oughta Know By Now) — Brian P. Cleary

I am sort of medium ... I guess you could call me the mediumest boy in the class. -Leigh Botts — Beverly Cleary

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children. — Beverly Cleary

I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood. — Beverly Cleary

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters. — Beverly Cleary

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. — Beverly Cleary

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea. — Beverly Cleary

And now I'm going to find out how to get a library started. — Beverly Cleary

They wiped his paws on a good bath towel whenever he came in with wet feet, because they had not been married long enough to have an old bath towel, — Beverly Cleary

There's no such thing as free kittens. — Brian P. Cleary

The officer asks me if I want to press charges against Trent and I glare at him like he's grown an arm out of his ass. — K.A. Tucker

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up. — Beverly Cleary

If they had been riding in a car, she would have waited for him to go around and open the door for her, but riding in a truck is different — Beverly Cleary

I grew up before there were strict leash laws. — Beverly Cleary

The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible. — Beverly Cleary

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it. — Beverly Cleary

Poor Miss Binney, dressed like Mother Goose, now had the responsibility of sixty-eight boys and girls. — Beverly Cleary

The Buddha is like space, with no inherent nature; appearing in the world to benefit the living, his features and refinements are like reflections. — Thomas Cleary

Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona? — Beverly Cleary

I set the water to its hottest setting, wishing it was labeled, boil the hell out of any living organism. — K.A. Tucker

If she can't spell, she shouldn't be a librarian. — Beverly Cleary

And the muscles of his scrawny arms Are strong as rubber bands. — Beverly Cleary

Oh well, thought Jane, that's how men are. He's probably taking it for granted. She found it very pleasant to be taken for granted by Stan — Beverly Cleary

Uncle Avery, who was not only postmaster but mayor of Pitchfork as well. — Beverly Cleary

I was a librarian. — Beverly Cleary

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind. — Beverly Cleary

Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work. — Beverly Cleary

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. — Beverly Cleary

I am not a pest, Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus. — Beverly Cleary

I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life. — Beverly Cleary

In seventh grade ... I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted. — Beverly Cleary

Because of barriers of knowledge, barriers of state, and barriers of action, seeing your own buddha nature is like seeing color at night. — Thomas Cleary

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. — Beverly Cleary

According to Bela Szabados, it can be dangerous to ignore philosophers' personalities because philosophizing is a personal interpretation of truth. — Skye Cleary

What's wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why you're not beside me. — K.A. Tucker

I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed. — Beverly Cleary

These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important. — Brian P. Cleary

In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better. — Brian P. Cleary

Ellen might have known her best friend would think of something like that. — Beverly Cleary

I guess that's what growing up is. Saying good-by to a lot of things. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it isn't. But it is all right. — Beverly Cleary

She would not have hurt the old man's feelings for anything in the world. — Beverly Cleary

Not only is love blind, it's a little hard of hearing. — Brian P. Cleary