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The Swish of the Curtain Quotes

10 of the best book quotes from The Swish of the Curtain
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“It was my ambition to stand on my head properly, and I’ve done it, so I needn’t have another one.”
Pamela Brown
author
The Swish of the Curtain
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Madelaine Fayne
character
ambition
accomplishment
standing on your head
concepts
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“I feel sick, and if I pedal much harder my bike will take to the air and fly.”
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″‘The uses of the sticks are various,’ she ended, as she scrunched up the last piece of the bright red sweet. ‘One can use them as nail cleaners, or for sticking in the ground, or even for sticking into people.‘”
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“I’m quite happy being what I am at the moment.”
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“Jerry, if a baby giant panda were very large would he be a giant baby giant panda?”
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″‘Is she nice?’ ‘Yes, and she thinks we are, so we always try and keep up appearances when we see her.’
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″‘I want to go to art school and learn commercial art, but Dad wants me to be a barrister.’ ‘That’s like me,’ put in Jeremy. ‘I want to study music, but I’ve got to go into father’s office.‘”
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″‘Life,’ she puffed sadly, ‘is just one thing after another.‘”
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“Maddy squeezed Jeremy’s arm sympathetically, for she knew it was hard for him to hear that this poor specimen would have the opportunity that he longed for in vain.”
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″‘Why is it,’ asked Sandra, exasperated, ‘that whenever you go near water you get your feet wet?’ ‘I suppose my feet are attractive to water.’

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