Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Quotes & Sayings

I wanted to say a lot of things, but, as usual, I didn't have the words for the thoughts inside my head. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Maggie ignored this. "I'll be glad to come to the party. Home's dreadful, you can't imagine. I've never liked school, but now home's worse. Mum's in a funk all the time." Every — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Sourpuss," she said, laughing. "Would it kill you to be grateful?" Maybe. Who knew? — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

We emerged onto the ruined street, where gaps showed in the rows of buildings like missing teeth — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

You're perfectly capable of learning. You mustn't listen to people who don't know you. Listen to what you know, yourself. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Then I did what I should have done to start with. I taught myself to walk. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

I kept traveling down the road. And everywhere it was the same. What was my name, who were my people? What was I supposed to say? That my father is the president, and my mother is his slave? — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

After that it was easy. It was the most impossible thing I'd ever done, but it was also easy. I held on to Jamie, and I kept moving forward. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

And even if it felt like Mam hated me, she had to love me, didn't she? She had to love me, because she was my mam, and Susan was just somebody who got stuck taking care of Jamie and me because of the war. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

I stared at the paper. I said, "This isn't reading. This is drawing." "Writing," she corrected. "It's like buttons and hems. You've got to learn those before you can sew on the machine. You've got to know your letters before you can read." I supposed so, but it was boring. When I said so she got up again and wrote something along the bottom of the paper. "What's that?" I asked. "'Ada is a curmudgeon,'" she replied. "Ada is a curmudgeon," I copied at the end of my alphabet. It pleased me. After — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

After that, with help from Jamie, I left Susan little notes every day. Susan is a big frog. (That one made Jamie giggle.) — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

It was us, I thought. Jamie and me. We had fallen down a rabbit hole, fallen into Susan's house, and nothing made sense, not at all, not anymore. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

crippled. He'd been better as soon as his hooves were trimmed. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

But what do I do with them?" Miss Smith said "I've never been around children." "Feed them, bathe them, make sure they get plenty of sleep," the doctor said. "They're no more diffi cult than puppies, really." He grinned — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

What you know in your head and what you say out loud are not always the same. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

I didn't know what to do. Susan was temporary. My foot was permanent. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

I had so much. I felt so sad. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Jamie sings like a squirrel. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

It had been awful, but I hadn't quit. I had persisted. In battle I had won. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley