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Top 20 Annie Barrows Quotes (2025 Update)

Annie Barrows Quote: “We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us.”

1. “We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “I am a grown woman – mostly – and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose.”

2. “I am a grown woman – mostly – and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.”

3. “If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “Whatever gave you the idea we were like everybody else?”

4. “Whatever gave you the idea we were like everybody else?”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “Reading good books spoils you for enjoying bad books.”

5. “Reading good books spoils you for enjoying bad books.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “Time softened on Sundays; it stretched itself out in vast rubbery lengths, and by two o’clock, there was more of it than would ever be needed for anything. There was no point in reading a book, writing a letter, or playing a game, because time was too flaccid ever to proceed to the moment in which the plot would twist, the letter would be sent, or the game would be won.”

6. “Time softened on Sundays; it stretched itself out in vast rubbery lengths, and by two o’clock, there was more of it than would ever be needed for anything. There was no point in reading a book, writing a letter, or playing a game, because time was too flaccid ever to proceed to the moment in which the plot would twist, the letter would be sent, or the game would be won.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.”

7. “Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “All of us see a story according to our own lights. None of us is capable of objectivity. You.”

8. “All of us see a story according to our own lights. None of us is capable of objectivity. You.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments.”

9. “You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”

10. “Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “It’s very demoralizing to be regarded as a problem rather than an individual.”

11. “It’s very demoralizing to be regarded as a problem rather than an individual.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “And she’s certainly a good cook.” Miss Betts sighed. “The epitaph of the spinster.”

12. “And she’s certainly a good cook.” Miss Betts sighed. “The epitaph of the spinster.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn’t mind before, and now he minds.”

13. “It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn’t mind before, and now he minds.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “I swung the door open and relaxed. She wasn’t there. I stepped in and shut the door behind me. I had promised God I wouldn’t touch anything. I’d just look at what was lying around. If Jane Eyre had only looked around a little, she might have saved herself a lot of heartache.”

14. “I swung the door open and relaxed. She wasn’t there. I stepped in and shut the door behind me. I had promised God I wouldn’t touch anything. I’d just look at what was lying around. If Jane Eyre had only looked around a little, she might have saved herself a lot of heartache.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “He was lying; I could hear it the way you hear a tune and you know how it goes. I wondered how many times I’d heard him lie, to know so well what it sounded like.”

15. “He was lying; I could hear it the way you hear a tune and you know how it goes. I wondered how many times I’d heard him lie, to know so well what it sounded like.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “The wonderful thing about books – and the thing that made them such a refuge for the islanders during the Occupation – is that they take us out of our time and place and understanding, and transport us not just into the world of the story, but into the world of our fellow readers, who have stories of their own.”

16. “The wonderful thing about books – and the thing that made them such a refuge for the islanders during the Occupation – is that they take us out of our time and place and understanding, and transport us not just into the world of the story, but into the world of our fellow readers, who have stories of their own.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “I’ve learned that history is the autobiography of the historian, that ignoring the past is the act of a fool, and that loyalty does not mean falling into line, but stepping out of it for the people you love.”

17. “I’ve learned that history is the autobiography of the historian, that ignoring the past is the act of a fool, and that loyalty does not mean falling into line, but stepping out of it for the people you love.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “Time softened on Sundays; it stretched itself out in vast rubbery lengths, and by two o’clock, there was more of it than would ever be needed for anything. There.”

18. “Time softened on Sundays; it stretched itself out in vast rubbery lengths, and by two o’clock, there was more of it than would ever be needed for anything. There.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “A hint: perhaps in this case, you should refrain from throwing the book at the audience when you finish.”

19. “A hint: perhaps in this case, you should refrain from throwing the book at the audience when you finish.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “I have since wondered, of course, how my life would have been different if I’d decided to stay home that morning. This is what’s called the enigma of history, and it can drive you out of your mind if you let it.”

20. “I have since wondered, of course, how my life would have been different if I’d decided to stay home that morning. This is what’s called the enigma of history, and it can drive you out of your mind if you let it.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “You’re right, Jottie, but what good is it? Rightness is nothing. You can’t live on it. You might as well eat ashes.” I glanced at Father, his bloodshot eyes and the stain on his pants. I loved him so. Once more, I tried to explain. “This is all we can do; it’s all we’re allowed. We can’t go back. The only thing time leaves for us to decide” – I picked up Father’s hand and held it tight – “is whether or not we’re going to hate each other.”

21. “You’re right, Jottie, but what good is it? Rightness is nothing. You can’t live on it. You might as well eat ashes.” I glanced at Father, his bloodshot eyes and the stain on his pants. I loved him so. Once more, I tried to explain. “This is all we can do; it’s all we’re allowed. We can’t go back. The only thing time leaves for us to decide” – I picked up Father’s hand and held it tight – “is whether or not we’re going to hate each other.”

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Annie Barrows Quote: “That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It’s geometrically progressive – all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”

22. “That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It’s geometrically progressive – all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”

— Annie Barrows

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