Laurie Lee

Quotes

1. The rabble closed in; I was encircled; grit flew in my face like shrapnel.  Tall girls with frizzled hair, and huge boys with sharp elbows, began to prod me with hideous interest.  They plucked at my scarves, spun me round like a top, screwed my nose and stole my potato.

   p. 50

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   This tiny, white-washed Infants’ room was a brief but cosy anarchy.  In that short time allowed us we played and wept, broke things, fell asleep, cheeked the teacher, discovered the things we could do to each other, and exhaled our last guiltless days.

   p. 52

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