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Eloise Quotes

14 of the best book quotes from Eloise
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“I spend an awful lot of time in the lobby. For instance every day I have to go to the Desk Clerk and see what’s happening there. Then I stop by the Mail Desk to see if they have any stamps.”
Kay Thompson
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Kay Thompson's Eloise
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Eloise
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awful lot of time
the Desk Clerk
the Mail Desk
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“Eloise is a very special little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. She may not be pretty yet, but she’s definitely already a real person.”
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“It’s time for Eloise’s lesson. Today her tutor, Philip, wants her to learn math, but Eloise has a better idea!”
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“When he leaves, however, she goes to her board and does math problems (because she loves math, of course!).”
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“Every night when it’s time to go to bed Nanny yawns out loud and says she is tired tired tired I make as much noise as I possibly can by turning on the phonograph real loud and hollering a lot”
Eloise
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Nanny
Eloise
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night
being tired
noises
loud
yawn
bed
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“Here’s what I can do Chew gum, write, spell, stand on my head for the longest amount of time, stand on my toes, get dizzy and fall down, make a terrible face And here’s the thing of it Most of the time I’m on the telephone”
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“I go to all the weddings in the White and Gold room and I usually stay for the reception”
Eloise
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Eloise
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gold
staying
weddings
rooms
white
concepts
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“TV is in the drawing room I always have to watch it with a parasol in case there’s some sort of glare And oh my Lord when its fight night Nanny is absolutely wild and we have to scamper into our places and get ready”
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“I live down at the end of the hall. Sometimes I take two sticks and skidder them along the walls And when I run down the hall I slomp my feet agains the woodwork which is very good for scuffing and noise Sometimes I slomp my skates if I want to make a really loud and terrible racket.”
Eloise
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Eloise
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noises
loud
feet
terrible
hall
sticks
to run
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“Nanny is my nurse She wears tissue paper in her dress and you can hear it She is English and has 8 hairpins made out of bones She says that’s all she needs in this life for Lords sake”
the Lord
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Eloise
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Nanny
Eloise
characters
life
nurse
hear
bones
English
sake
dresses
concepts
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“Oh my Lord There’s so much to do Tomorrow I think I’ll pour a pitcher of water down the mail chute”
the Lord
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Eloise
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Eloise
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“Sometimes I get terribly sick and have to be waited on Sometimes I get so sick my head falls over and is wobbling until it is loose”
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“You have to eat your oatmeal or you’ll dry up Anybody knows that Nanny likes her coffee hot hot hot An egg cup makes a very good hat”
Eloise
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Nanny
Eloise
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coffee
hot
good
eggs
hat
to dry
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“Getting bored is not allowed Sometimes I comb my hair with a fork Sometimes I wear my arm in a sling Sometimes I put a rubber band on the end of my nose”

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