Margaret McNamara Quotes

“I am a city child. I live in a hotel on the tippy-top floor. This is Philip. He is my tutor. He is no fun.”

“Here is what I do not like: doing math for one half hour in the morning. Here is what I like: teasing Philip.”

“It’s time for Eloise’s lesson. Today her tutor, Philip, wants her to learn math, but Eloise has a better idea!”

“What is five plus six?′ says Philip. ‘Five plus six is the same as six plus five,’ I say.”

“Nanny says, ‘Math time is nearly over. ‘Time to finish up, up, up.’ Philip says, ‘Eloise’. I say, ‘Philip.”

“Eloise, not surprisingly, torments her math tutor. She wastes the whole math session teasing him and refusing to answer his question.”

“Philip says, ‘I think.’ I say, ‘I am thinking.’ Philip says, ‘What is five plus six?’ ‘It is eleven,’ I say. ‘And the lesson is over.”

“When he leaves, however, she goes to her board and does math problems (because she loves math, of course!).”

“Ooooooo, I absolutely love math.”

“I am Eloise. I am six.′ Philip says, ‘What is five plus six?’ ‘I say, ‘You do not know?”