QUOTES FROM CHILDREN'S BOOKS

[rapa]

Barb posted this on FB this morning and it made me smile. Lovely memories and thoughts that never grow old! Thanks, Barb!

http://encurious.com/post/90982259223/quotes-from-childrens-books

[Countryphyl]

Wonderful. Thanks.

[Flowergram]

Some great wisdom in those books - my children loved Winnie the Pooh - and can only hope they gained some of the wisdom.  Thanks so much Rapa

[Mandy Muffin]

When it comes to children's' books, I was given a complete set of "Tom Swift" books as a kid and recently downloaded a number of them to reread.  For any one who has ever read the Victor Appleton classics (Victor Appleton was a publishers name for a staff writing project), they know what Tom Swifties are: 

• "I'll have a martini," said Tom, drily (dryly).
• "Who left the toilet seat down?" Tom asked peevishly.
• "Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily.
• "That's the last time I'll stick my arm in a lion's mouth," the lion-tamer said off-handedly.
• "Can I go looking for the Grail again?" Tom requested.
• "I unclogged the drain with a vacuum cleaner," said Tom succinctly.
• "I might as well be dead," Tom croaked.
• "We just struck oil!" Tom gushed.
• "It's freezing," Tom muttered icily.
• "They had to amputate them both at the ankles," said Tom defeatedly.
• "I wonder if this radium is radioactive?" asked Marie curiously.
• "The Battle of the Nile? A lot of fun!" said Lord Nelson disarmingly.
• "Hurry up and get to the back of the ship!" Tom said sternly.
• "We could have made a fortune canning pineapples," Tom groaned dolefully.
• "I wish I drove a Scandinavian car," Tom sobbed (Saabed).
• "Careful with that chainsaw," Tom said offhandedly.
• "I'm here," Tom said presently.
• "Happy Birthday," Tom said presently.
• "Walk this way," Tom said stridently.
• "I stole the gold," Tom confessed guiltily (giltily).
• "Bingo," Tom exclaimed winningly.
• "Where did all the carpet on the steps go?" asked Tom with a blank stare (stair).
• "I used to be a criminal pilot," he ex-plained con-descendingly.
• "I have no flowers," Tom said lackadaisically.
• "I know not which groceries to purchase," Tom said listlessly.
• "I decided to come back to the group," Tom rejoined.
• "Did you say to zip up my sleeping bag or the door?" Tom asked inattentively.
• "This pizza place is great!" Tom exclaimed saucily.
• "I dropped my toothpaste," Tom said crestfallenly.

[rapa]

Love them!!!! Thanks, Mandy!!!!!!!

.....and "No" have never read the Tom Swift books.