Quotes

• “My beard grows to my toes, I never wear no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes.” – “My Beard”

  Where the Sidewalk Ends

• “Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail To catch me the wind.” – from “Needles and Pins”

  Falling Up

• “Millie McDeevit screamed a scream So loud it made her eyebrows steam.” – from “Screamin’ Millie”

  Falling Up

• “I will not play at tug o’ war. I’d rather play at hug o’ war” – from “Hug O’ War”

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• “If you are a dreamer, come in.” – from “Invitation”

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• “Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be.” – from “Listen to the Mustn’ts"

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• “Balancing my ABCs Takes from noon to half past three. I don’t have time to grab a T Or even stop to take a P.” – “Alphabalance”

  Falling Up

• “Last night I had a crazy dream That I was teachin’ school. My teachers had turned into kids, And I laid down the rules.” – from “Crazy Dream”

  Falling Up

• “If we were a rock ‘n’ roll band, We’d travel all over the land.” – from “Rock ‘N’ Roll Band”

  A Light in the Attic

• “It was missing a piece. And it was not happy.” – from The Missing Piece

  The Missing Piece

• “Mo memorized the dictionary But just can’t seem to find a job Or anyone who wants to marry Someone who memorized the dictionary.” – “Memorizin’ Mo”

  A Light in the Attic

• “Somebody has to go polish the stars, They’re looking a little bit dull.” – from “Somebody Has To”

  A Light in the Attic

• “The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that’s ever been seen.” – from “Homework Machine”

  A Light in the Attic

• “ “A genuine anteater,” The pet man told my dad. Turned out, it was an aunt eater, And now my uncle’s mad!” – “Anteater”

  A Light in the Attic

• “The saddest thing I ever did see Was a woodpecker peckin’ at a plastic tree. He looks at me, and “Friend,” says he, “Things ain’t as sweet as they used to be.”” – “Peckin’”

  A Light in the Attic

• “There are too many kids in this tub.” – from “Crowded Tub”

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• “Last night, while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear” – “Whatif”

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• “We’ve been caught by the quick-digesting Gink, And now we’re dodgin’ his teeth … And now we are restin’ in his intestine, And now we’re back out on the street.” – “Quick Trip”

  A Light in the Attic

• “Nobody loves me, Nobody cares, Nobody picks me peaches and pears.” – from “Nobody”

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• “The baby bat Screamed out in fright, “Turn on the dark, I’m afraid of the light.”” – “Batty”

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• “Anyhow, you've been warned and I will not be blamed if your Wild Strawberries cannot be tamed.” – from “Wild Strawberries”

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• “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out!” – from “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”

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• “If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!” – from “The Little Blue Engine”

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• “But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself.” – from “Magic”

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• “And he didn't really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere, because you really have to go somewhere, don't you?” – from Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

  Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

• “And all the colors I am inside Have not been invented yet.” – from “Colors”

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• “Once there was a tree … and she loved a little boy.” – from The Giving Tree

  The Giving Tree

• “They’ve put a brassiere on the camel, She wasn’t dressed proper, you know.” – from “They’ve Put a Brassiere on the Camel”

  A Light in the Attic

• “All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin’ in the sun, Talkin’ ‘bout the things They woulda-coulda-shoulda done… But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All ran away and hid From one little did.” – “Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda,”

  Falling Up