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ducks Quotes

13 of the best book quotes about ducks
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“If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile.”
Mark Twain
Charles Dudley Warner
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
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Ruth Bolton
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nature
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“Well, as it turned out, he was just a really ugly duckling. And he grew up to be just a really ugly duck. The end.”
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We have two ducks. One blue. One black. And when our blue duck goes “Quack-quack” our black duck quickly quack-quack back. The quacks Blue quacks make her quite a quacker but Black is a quicker quacker-backer.
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“She took off Marc’s mosquito-proof armor. She unfastened his mountain climbing equipment. She ripped up the letters to the moon and the mean wind. She sent the duck off to take a bath. She took away the traps and the sticks.”
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“Yesterday you shot my children. You shot all six of my children.”
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“ ‘Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!’ ‘And look at that one holding my lovely gun!’ ”
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“Knock, knock, knock! Says Percy: “it’s the door again! What a surprise this time. On the step there are a badger, two ducks, a hedgehog, and a whole family of mice! They all want a bed for the night.
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“Ducks are quacking and splashing around.”
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“Outside there were two ducks. They looked very comfortable standing on one leg. ‘That’s what I should do!’ said Kipper. But he wasn’t very good. He could only...wobble.”
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“The story begins as two ducks (Mr. and Mrs. Mallard) fly over various potential locations in New England to start a family. Each time Mr. Mallard selects a location, Mrs. Mallard finds something wrong with it. ”
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“Shortly thereafter, the Mallards molt, and will not be able to fly until their new feathers grow again, and Mrs. Mallard hatches eight ducklings named Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack.”
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“All day they would hunt for snails and little fishes and other pleasant things to eat.”
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“Ping was always careful, very very careful not to be late, because the last duck to cross over the bridge always got a spank on the back.”

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