![]() Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. by Jacqueline Rayner About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, "Because by then I'll be a very old mouse and you'll be a very old grandmother and soon after that we'll both die together."ĭoctor Who: The Ston. "Will you live another eight or nine years?" She had a way of fondling me behind the ears with the tip of one finger. "I couldn't stand being looked after by anybody else." "Because I would never want to live longer than you," I said. "Why do you say that?" she asked, surprised. "That's great! It's the best news I've ever had!" "A mouse-person will almost certainly live for three times as long as an ordinary mouse," my grandmother said. "How long does a mouse-person live, Grandmamma?" You are a mouse-person, and that is a very different matter." ![]() "Well, an ordinary mouse only lives for about three years," she said. "If you really want to know," she said, "I'm afraid a mouse doesn't live for a very long time." "I have been trying to find out everything I can about them." "I have been reading about mice," she said. She sat there smoking away and gazing at the fire. "I've been waiting for you to ask me that."
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