Harriet: How do you practice being an onion?
("Harriet the Spy")
More Quotes from Louise Fitzhugh:
LIFE IS A GREAT MYSTERY. IS EVERYBODY A DIFFERENT PERSON WHEN THEY ARE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE?Louise Fitzhugh
Don't mess with anybody on a Monday. It's a bad, bad day.
Louise Fitzhugh
THERE IS MORE TO THIS THING OF LOVE THAN MEETS THE EYE. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS A GREAT DEAL BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL GET ME ANYWHERE. I THINK MAYBE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT WHEN THEY SAY THERE ARE DOME THINGS I WON'T KNOW ABOUT UNTIL I'M OLDER.
Louise Fitzhugh
YOU CAN'T BE TOO OLD TO SPY EXCEPT IF YOU WERE FIFTY YOU MIGHT FALL OFF A FIRE ESCAPE, BUT YOU COULD SPY AROUND ON THE GROUND A LOT.
Louise Fitzhugh
Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth.
Louise Fitzhugh
People who love work, love life.
Louise Fitzhugh
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