Beverly Cleary citations

“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.”

“If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.”

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.”

“Words were so puzzling. should mean a present just asshould mean to stick tacks in people.”

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

“Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?”

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

“Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.”