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Lexie Quotes

Eight of the best book quotes from Lexie
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“She could face the world: she was armoured against fate, she had a breastplate of kitten.”
Nan Chauncy
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Tangara
book
Lexie
character
protection
armor
kittens
facing the world
concepts
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“Glory! Glory! And the enormous dragon, the bulldozer breathing smoke and pushing the great gums over- wandering about wherever it liked roaring and bellowing like a- well, like a bulldozer... you had to love Terkie a little bit for letting you see all that!”
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“It was hard to beg humbly from a witch; and when she answered, ‘No, dear, I’m not going out this afternoon,’ harder still to conceal hot tears of rage- rage and disappointment.”
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“She could feel the blackness was not just an empty hole. A something was inside, watching.”
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“Lexie isn’t used to people and she’s got plenty of imagination so she doesn’t miss other children, she makes her playmates of animals or anything.”
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“Why couldn’t they understand she had been hungry: now she wasn’t? Now she wanted to listen to Daddy telling about the blacks.”
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“They were all so busy: and after all, no one had said she mustn’t. Beth would like to see Rita’s necklace... and Rita’s look said she would like Lexie to wear it for her, when she went to stay with the Malleys.”
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“Clouds of smoke from huge fires, clouds of dust from the machines, shouts and noise- oh it was beautiful!”
Lexie
character
beauty
clouds
smoke
dust
fires
concepts

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