Sally Prager: Claudia
Quotes
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Claudia : I wanted to be different. I wanted to be different.
Mrs. Frankweiler : And did running away from home make you different?
Claudia : No.
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Claudia : You're being conspicuous.
Jamie Kincaid : You sure picked the right place not be noticed. Nobody looks at nobody in New York.
Claudia : Nobody looks at anybody.
Jamie Kincaid : That's what I said!
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Claudia : I haven't had a decent picture taken of me since I've been able to walk.
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Jamie Kincaid : We're headin' due west now.
Claudia : Can't you just say left or right? I don't think anyone's used a compass in Manhattan since Henry Hudson.
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Jamie Kincaid : You know, Claude, for a sister and fussbudget, you're not too bad.
Claudia : You know, Jamie, for a brother and a cheapskate, you're not too bad either.
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Jamie Kincaid : Okay, the first thing we have to do is look for fingerprints.
Claudia : Fingerprints? Michelangelo lived about 500 years ago.
Jamie Kincaid : So, maybe he got arrested for making statues of naked people and they took his fingerprints.
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Jamie Kincaid : I found a picture of Michelangelo!
Claudia : I've seen that picture before.
Jamie Kincaid : His nose looks busted.
Claudia : I just read about that. It was broken in fight when he was young.
Jamie Kincaid : You mean he was a juvenile delinquent?
Claudia : Of course, not. He was just a hot tempered genius.
Jamie Kincaid : Some excuse.
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Jamie Kincaid : I found another penny and a dime! Where'd all the money come from?
Claudia : People probably throw coins in the pool and make a wish.
Jamie Kincaid : I guess the quarters are the rich people's money.
Claudia : I don't think so. Poor people are the ones that have to make big wishes.
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Claudia : How come you didn't take art appreciation lessons that summer when I did?
Jamie Kincaid : Because I was only in second grade and I was having a tough enough time figuring out who Dick and Jane and Spot were.
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Jamie Kincaid : What's the difference between an angel and a cupid?
Claudia : Angels wear clothes and have wings. Cupids are naked, except for bows and arrows.
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Claudia : It's macaroni and cheese!
Mrs. Frankweiler : When it is served from Georgian silver, it is nouilles fromage en casserole.
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Claudia : Maybe I'm an illusion.
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Claudia : ....but don't you feel better now that we've been to church?
Jamie Kincaid : This is the best church I've been to--no collection and nobody preached.
