E. L. Konigsburg
E. L. Konigsburg
Elaine Lobl Konigsburgwas an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth10 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
school apples eating
Going to school- picking an apple Getting an education- eating it
invisible ninety percent
Ninety percent of who you are is invisible." - Mrs. Zender
school character persons
There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character.
healthy vitamins dose
Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.
running home cupcakes
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her pack. She didn't like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere.
teacher team eggs
They called themselves The Souls. They told Ms. Olinski that they were The Souls before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became The Souls. Then after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg. Whichever way it began--chicken-or-egg, team-or-The Souls--it definitely ended with an egg. Definitely, an egg.
thinking feelings glad
I don't think there is any feeling I like more than the one that someone is glad to see me. —Connor Kane
grandpa making-love pieces
Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?
missing absence mets
How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence.
simplicity elegant
True simplicity is elegant.
drivers passengers inaction
It often takes more courage to be a passenger than a driver.
waiting different different-things
Biding one's time is a very different thing from patience.
goal prove profitable
Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.
thank-you use unnecessary
It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier.