9 Quotes & Sayings By Margaret Widdemer

Margaret Widdemer was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States at the age of two. After graduating from high school, she earned a degree from Penn State University and a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She first worked as a teacher, then as a science teacher at a public school in San Francisco, California. In 1965, she became a full-time writer and author of books for children and young adults Read more

Her first book, The Star-Crossed Lovers of Pirlapug, won the Newbery Honor award. In 1991 she received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature at the American Library Association's annual conference.

In 2003, she was presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which recognizes an author who has made significant contributions to children's literature.

He must have been delightful,
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He must have been delightful, " she said, "when he was alive! Margaret Widdemer
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For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And when Mrs. Harrington slipped a solitaire diamond into her hand as she went, instead of disliking it she enjoyed its feel on her finger, and the flash of it in the light. She thanked Mrs. Harrington for it with real gratitude. But it made her feel more than ever engaged to marry her mother-in-law. Margaret Widdemer
He looked like a young Crusader on a tomb. That...
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He looked like a young Crusader on a tomb. That was Phyllis's first impression of Allan Harrington. Margaret Widdemer
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And the way you lost your temper! " went on Wallis enthusiastically. "Oh, Mr. Allan, it was beautiful! You haven't been more than to say snarly since the accident! It was so like the way you used to throw hair-brushes-- Margaret Widdemer
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And remember, Wallis, there's something the matter with Mr. Allan's shutters. They won't always close the sunshine out as they should." Wallis almost winked, if an elderly, mutton-chopped servitor can be imagined as winking." No, ma'am, " he promised. Something wrong with 'em. I'll remember, ma'am. Margaret Widdemer
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It was four o'clock of a stickily wet Saturday. As long as it is anything from Monday to Friday the average library attendant goes around thanking her stars she isn't a school-teacher; but the last day of the week, when the rest of the world is having its relaxing Saturday off and coming to gloat over you as it acquires its Sunday-reading best seller, if you work in a library you begin just at noon to wish devoutly that you'd taken up scrubbing-by-the-day, or hack-driving, or porch-climbing or- anything on earth that gave you a weekly half-holiday! . Margaret Widdemer
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But when your heart is tired and dumb, your soul has need of ease, There’s none like the quiet folk who wait in libraries— The counselors who never change, the friends who never go, The old books, the dear books that understand and know! Margaret Widdemer
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And all that you are sorry for is what you haven't done. Margaret Widdemer