“The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day. The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches. And no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars and whether they had one, or not, upon thars.”

“Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.”

“Sneetches" was what we called the in-crowd at school, the haves as opposed to the have-nots. We named them from a Dr. Suess story in which the Star-Belly Sneetches, who were born with a green star on their bellies, thought they were better than all those who had no green star- or in this case green money.”

“Got something new , maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok .”

“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!”

“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.”

“Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday.”