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Carolyn Keene Quotes
10 of the best book quotes from Carolyn Keene
01
“I think I’ll take a walk in the fresh air and clear the cobwebs from my brain.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
character
walks
ᐧ
enjoying fresh air
ᐧ
clearing your mind
concepts
02
“It’s not exactly what you’d call evidence, but the old saying usually holds good, ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.‘”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Carson Drew
character
smoke
ᐧ
saying
ᐧ
evidence
ᐧ
leads
ᐧ
fires
concepts
03
“Dad depends on my intuition.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
ᐧ
Carson Drew
characters
dependent
ᐧ
intuition
concepts
04
“But when people get old, they don’t like change. And probably he put up with things rather than move.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Josiah Crowley
ᐧ
Hannah Gruen
characters
moving
ᐧ
old
ᐧ
resisting change
ᐧ
putting up with
concepts
05
“It may not seem fair, but it is legal.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Carson Drew
character
perfectly legal
ᐧ
unfairness
concepts
06
“Oh, Nancy, what are you going to do next? We’ve known you only twenty-four hours and you’ve already boosted our morale sky-high.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Allison Hoover
ᐧ
Nancy Drew
characters
hope
ᐧ
to be amazed
ᐧ
thankful
ᐧ
keeping morale up
concepts
07
“In spite of the expensive clothes she wore, Ada was not attractive. She was very thin and sallow, with an expression of petulance. Now that her face was distorted with anger, she was almost ugly.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Ada Topham
character
unattractive
ᐧ
expensive clothes
ᐧ
thin
ᐧ
ugly
ᐧ
angry
concepts
08
“Oh, why can’t all people be nice like this scenery and not make trouble?”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
character
nice
ᐧ
scenery
ᐧ
not making trouble
concepts
09
“My special wish for you is that before you’re one year older, you’ll inherit some of the Crowley money, so that you can take those singing lessons!”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Allison Hoover
ᐧ
Josiah Crowley
ᐧ
Nancy Drew
characters
singing
ᐧ
inheritance
ᐧ
wishes
concepts
10
“Nancy, I just know you’re going to solve this mystery!”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
ᐧ
Allison Hoover
characters
mystery
ᐧ
solving the case
concepts
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Nancy Drew
walks
enjoying fresh air
clearing your mind
smoke
saying
evidence
Carson Drew
leads
fires
dependent
intuition
Josiah Crowley
moving
Hannah Gruen
old
resisting change
putting up with
perfectly legal
unfairness
Allison Hoover
hope
to be amazed
thankful
keeping morale up
unattractive
Ada Topham
expensive clothes
thin
ugly
angry
nice
scenery
not making trouble
singing
inheritance
wishes
mystery
solving the case
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