“Charles is going to be fine," said Annie. "Yep," said Jack with a smile. "He never even knew that it was us who helped him." "That's the best way to help someone, I think," said Annie. "Why?" asked Jack. "Then you know you're not helping them just to get a lot of credit," said Annie. "You're helping because it's the right thing to do.”
Mary Pope Osborne“I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals.”
Mary Pope Osborne“I get ideas from my own personal experiences, from my imagination, and from my research and from old stories.”
Mary Pope Osborne“Oh, man," said Jack. "Everyone was nice to us when we looked rich. Now it feels like the whole world's against us.”
Mary Pope Osborne, A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time“Charles is going to be fine," said Annie. "Yep," said Jack with a smile. "He never even knew that it was us who helped him." "That's the best way to help someone, I think," said Annie. "Why?" asked Jack. "Then you know you're not helping them just to get a lot of credit," said Annie. "You're helping because it's the right thing to do.”
Mary Pope Osborne, A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time“I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.”
Mary Pope Osborne, My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941