Kay Thompson's Eloise Quotes

“I live on the top floor. Of course I am apt to be on any floor at any time. And if I want to go anywhere I simply take the elevator. For instance if I happen to be on the second floor I just press the button until it comes up..”

″... and when those doors clank shut we ride up and I get out on the 5th Floor and as soon as that elevator is out of the sight I skibble up those stairs to the 8th floor and then...”

“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.”

“I have a dog that looks like a cat. His name is Weenie. Sometimes I put sunglasses on him. I have a turtle. His name is Skipperdee. He eats raisins and wears sneakers. The Plaza is the only hotel in New York that will allow you to have a turtle.”

“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.”

“There is a lobby which is enormously large with marble pillars and ladies in it and a revolving door with dP on it.”

“Then I go to the House Phones and make several calls to see if anybody’s in. The Bell Captain knows who I am.”

“I am a nuisance in the lobby. Mr. Salomone said so. He is the Manager. I always say ‘Good morning, Mr. Salomone’ and he always says ‘Good morning, Eloise.”

“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 against the woodwork which is very good for scuffing and noise.”

“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 Lord’s sake.”