Kirby Larson Quotes

• The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

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  Courage, Worst, Folks

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.164, Yearling

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• Es la compañía, no la cocina, lo que hace una comida.

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  Cooking, Meals, Company

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.159, Yearling

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• Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?

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  Smell, Plums, Our Actions

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• The truth can both lift up and knock down.

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  Ascensores

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.156, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies.

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  Dream, Lasts, Fireworks

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• The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.

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  Life, Heart, Caring

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.162, Yearling

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• El año ha tenido altibajos para mí; estoy segura de que para ti también. Cuento con que el año termine con una nota de alegría (¡y pan de jengibre!) y espero un nuevo año rebosante de promesas y paz.

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  New Year, Años, Alegría

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• Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

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  True Friend, Missing, Needs

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• Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high.

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  Dream, Sky, Roosters

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.156, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• I am the richest person alive (or at least one of!) because I get to do what I love as a career.

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  Careers, Alive, Persons

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• I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.

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  Book, Kids, New Friends

  "Interview with Kirby Larson, Author of Hattie Big Sky". Interview with Cindy Hudson, motherdaughterbookclub.com. February 23, 2010.

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• La vida era como una hornada de galletas sin levadura: plana, plana, plana.

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  Life, Baking, Biscuits

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.4, Yearling

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• There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves.

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  Nerves, Calm, Outburst

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.54, Yearling

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• I have an office in my house, with a comfy red print reading chair and a soft cream-colored desk. After I walk Winston the Wonder dog and have my breakfast, I head to my office. Every single day. Sometimes, when I'm working on revisions, I print off my manuscript and go to a coffee shop to work. But mostly you can find me in my office.

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  Dog, Coffee, Reading

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• I think if you find your passion and you go with it you are rewarded.

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  Passion, Thinking, Ifs

  "Interview with Kirby Larson, Author of Hattie Big Sky". Interview with Cindy Hudson, motherdaughterbookclub.com. February 23, 2010.

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• Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.

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  Children, Character, Two

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• My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.

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  Dream, Clouds, Mind

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.3, Yearling

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• I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow.

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  Writing, Keys, Ideas

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• Sir if I was your daughter I would wait until this train started again and throw myself in front of it!

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  Daughter, Waiting, Train

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• Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do.

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  Grace, Arms, Cows

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• Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.

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  Girl, Women, Niece

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.4, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa

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  Canción, Pensamiento, Pájaro

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• If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

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  Would Be, Problem, Bigs

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• It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions.

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  Heart, Deeper, Seems

  Kirby Larson (2007). “Hattie Big Sky”, p.255, Yearling

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• Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.

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  Husband, Yoga, Writing

  Hope Is the Word Interview, hopeisthewordblog.com. February 27, 2009.

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