Beezus and Ramona Quotes

“Beatrice “Beezus” Quimby, a close friend of Henry Huggins, is perpetually infuriated by the imaginative antics of her younger sister Ramona, who frequently insists upon exhibiting imaginative habits.”

“Her younger sister Ramona, who frequently insists upon exhibiting imaginative habits and eccentricities such as wearing her beloved homemade paper rabbit ears while pretending to be the Easter Bunny.”

“Beatrice, or Beezus (as everyone called her, because that was what Ramona had called her when she first learned to talk), knew other nine-year-old girls who had little sisters who went to nursery school, but she did not know anyone with a little sister like Ramona.”

“While Beezus was sewing, Ramona, holding a mouth organ in her teeth, was riding around the living room on her tricycle. Since she needed both hands to steer the tricycle, she could blow in and out on only one note. This made the harmonica sound as if it were groaning oh dear, oh dear over and over again.”

“Beezus is also commonly exasperated by actions on her disrespectful sister’s part such as writing in a library book, inviting her classmates to a house party without the permission of her parents, and wreaking havoc during Beezus’s painting class”

“Beezus, however, is haunted frequently by the guilt of her animosity towards Ramona and the uneasy sisterhood that they share as opposed to that displayed by her mother and Aunt Beatrice.”

“She is finally prompted to reveal her animosity during her tenth birthday celebration after Ramona has ruined a pair of birthday cakes intended for the party.”

“Beezus read on through Scoopy’s failure to be a bulldozer. She read about Scoopy’s wanting to be a trolley bus (‘Beed-beep,” honked Ramona) a locomotive (‘A-hooey, a-hooey,’ wailed Ramona}, and a pile driver (‘Chunk! Chunk!’ shouted Ramona).

“But what? Arguing with Ramona was a waste of time. So was appealing to her better nature. The best thing to do with Ramona, Beezus had learned, was to think up something to take the place of whatever her mind was fixed upon.”

“On her head Ramona wore a circle of cardboard with two long paper ears attached. The inside of the ears were colored with pink crayon, Ramona’s work at nursery school. ‘I’m the Easter bunny,’ announced Ramona.”

“Except for holding Ramona’s hand crossing streets, Beezus lingered behind her the rest of the way to the library. She hoped that all the people sho stopped and smiled at Ramona would not think they were together.”