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A Seth Thomas steeple clock stood on a high shelf. When it struck ten, Grandma jerked awake. She looked around the room astonished. It was her belief that she never slept, not even in bed. (A Year Down Yonder Quotes)
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
At school we practiced for the Christmas program all month long. Miss Butler couldn’t sing either, but she was a feisty director. She took the Christmas program personally, as teachers do.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
I was too young to know how much a dangerous man interests a good woman.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
If you’re going to read minds, start with a simple one.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
She had eyes in the back of her heart.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
That meant I could come back whenever I could manage it. And she was telling me to go. she knew the decision was too big a load for me to carry by myself. She knew me through and through. She had eyes in the back of her heart.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
The trenches are all filled in, but the boys are still dying.
Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder
