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“She looked... She looked young, and- and--" I glanced down at Rossana gazing up at me, lips parted, eyes shining, her hair loose around her shoulders, and the next words I spoke were intended with no artifice at all. "She is almost as beautiful as you."

There was laughter, and I looked up, confused.

"If you wish to pay court to my daughter, Matteo, you must first speak to me," Captain dell'Orte said in mock severity.

Rossana's face colored pink.

"Elizabetta is also very beautiful," I said quickly, thinking to cover any embarassment, but also because it was true.

The adults roared with laughter.

"Now Matteo seeks to woo both girls with one compliment.”
― Theresa Breslin, The Medici Seal

“Well, Jack, we have taken the Macedonian, and your share of the prize, if we get her in safely, may be two hundred dollars; what will you do with it?â€� Stephen Decatur, commanding the frigate United States, North Atlantic, near the Azores Islands, 1812.

“One hundred will go to my mother, sir, and the other I shall spend on schooling.â€� Jack Creamer, aged ten.”
― Irvin Anthony

“The great thing about ten-year-olds is they don't balk at non sequiturs.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Borrower