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E. L. Konigsburg quotes

American Author February 10, 1930

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I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they can be taught to live under the same roof. E. L. Konigsburg
E. L. Konigsburg quote: "How dare he fall in love with his own wife! -Salai"
How dare he fall in love with his own wife! -Salai E. L. Konigsburg
Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again? E. L. Konigsburg
The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth is something to be respected and preserved, but dirt gets no respect. A farmer likes dirt. Suburbanites like to get rid of it. Dirt is the working layer of earth, and dealing with dirt is as much a part of farm life as dealing with manure. Neither is user-friendly but both are necessary. E. L. Konigsburg
They are saying that if life has a structure, a staff, a sensible scaffold, we hang our nonsense on it. And they are saying that broken parts add color and music to the staff of life. E. L. Konigsburg
E. L. Konigsburg quote: "Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily..."
Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy. E. L. Konigsburg
The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home. E. L. Konigsburg
But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens like a watermelon, sweet and rosy on the inside with only a thin top layer altogether free of small black pits. And, like a watermelon, the whole thing can be covered with a plain dark rind. E. L. Konigsburg
Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. E. L. Konigsburg
Oh, well,' Mrs. Zender continued, 'Mother always said that Mr. Zender had other talents. He was good looking, and I think Mother put looking good right up there with the harpsichord, an instrument that has limited performance time and requires a great deal of maintenance. E. L. Konigsburg
By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes. E. L. Konigsburg
I waited for her to catch up, and when I did, she slowed down, and I missed seeing the light in her hair. I never told Nadia how much I liked seeing the halo the sunlight made of her hair. Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts. E. L. Konigsburg
I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock. E. L. Konigsburg
E. L. Konigsburg quote: "My face is something between groteque and beautiful, Salai. ..."
My face is something between groteque and beautiful, Salai. It is something far less interesting; it is plain. E. L. Konigsburg
Jake knew that his mother had a tendency to mistake rules, her rules, for principles. She did not bend because she did not have enough confidence to know when or how far. She did not listen well because one ear was always otherwise engaged - either listening to what she herself had just said or what she would say next. E. L. Konigsburg

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