“I hoped that Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, and I - the Baby Sitters Club - would stay together for a long time.”
“The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.”
“Perfection is a club I resigned from a long time ago.”
“She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.”
“Bobby Tom: You're supposed to be my assistant, not a baby-sitter!Gracie: One and the same.”
“I thought of him now-in his room-watching the sunrise; hoping I should soon come to say I would stay with him and be his. I longed to be his; I panted to return; it was not too late.”