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The Secret of the Old Clock Quotes
10 of the best book quotes from The Secret of the Old Clock
01
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“I think I’ll take a walk in the fresh air and clear the cobwebs from my brain.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
character
enjoying fresh air
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walks
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clearing your mind
concepts
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“It’s not exactly what you’d call evidence, but the old saying usually holds good, ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.‘”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Carson Drew
character
evidence
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smoke
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saying
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fires
ᐧ
leads
concepts
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“Dad depends on my intuition.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
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Carson Drew
characters
intuition
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dependent
concepts
04
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“But when people get old, they don’t like change. And probably he put up with things rather than move.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Hannah Gruen
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Josiah Crowley
characters
moving
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old
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resisting change
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putting up with
concepts
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“It may not seem fair, but it is legal.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Carson Drew
character
unfairness
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perfectly legal
concepts
06
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“Oh, Nancy, what are you going to do next? We’ve known you only twenty-four hours and you’ve already boosted our morale sky-high.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
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Allison Hoover
characters
thankful
ᐧ
hope
ᐧ
keeping morale up
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to be amazed
concepts
07
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“In spite of the expensive clothes she wore, Ada was not attractive. She was very thin and sallow, with an expression of petulance. Now that her face was distorted with anger, she was almost ugly.”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Ada Topham
character
ugly
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angry
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unattractive
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thin
ᐧ
expensive clothes
concepts
08
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“Oh, why can’t all people be nice like this scenery and not make trouble?”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
character
nice
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scenery
ᐧ
not making trouble
concepts
09
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“My special wish for you is that before you’re one year older, you’ll inherit some of the Crowley money, so that you can take those singing lessons!”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
ᐧ
Josiah Crowley
ᐧ
Allison Hoover
characters
singing
ᐧ
inheritance
ᐧ
wishes
concepts
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“Nancy, I just know you’re going to solve this mystery!”
Carolyn Keene
author
The Secret of the Old Clock
book
Nancy Drew
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Allison Hoover
characters
mystery
ᐧ
solving the case
concepts
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enjoying fresh air
walks
Nancy Drew
clearing your mind
evidence
smoke
saying
fires
Carson Drew
leads
intuition
dependent
moving
old
Hannah Gruen
Josiah Crowley
resisting change
putting up with
unfairness
perfectly legal
thankful
hope
keeping morale up
to be amazed
Allison Hoover
ugly
angry
unattractive
thin
expensive clothes
Ada Topham
nice
scenery
not making trouble
singing
inheritance
wishes
mystery
solving the case
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