Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Annie Barrows.
Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Annie Barrows is an American editor and author. She is best known for the Ivy and Bean series of children's books, but she has written several other books for adult readers as well. She co-wrote 'The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society' with her aunt Mary Ann Shaffer, which was later adapted into a film.
It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind before, and now he minds.
You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments.
We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us.
If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.
I am a grown woman-- mostly-- and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose.
Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.