11 quotes found
“Girls. The oldest mystery in the universe.”
“The line between passionate and crazy can be a thin one.”
“How could an alphabetletters that didn't even mean anything by themselvesbe impo”
“How could an alphabet—letters that didn't even mean anything by themselves—be impo”
“A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.”
“But [Patrick's] character is partly based on a boy named Mark who lived across the street from me when I was growing up ... I liked hanging out with him and was sad when he moved away after only a ...”
“[W]hat people truly desire is access to the knowledge and information that ultimately lead to a better life--the collected wisdom of the ages found only in one place: a well-stocked library.To the ...”
“The boy was still looking at him. "Your family?" he asked.Salva shook his head."Me, too, " the boy said. He sighed, and Salva heard that sigh all the way to his heart.”
“Foxes were dreaded animals. They were not large or fierce, like the bears and tigers that roamed the mountains, but they were known to be fiendishly clever. some people even believed that foxes pos...”
“My first publication was a haiku in a children's magazine when I was 9 years old. I received one dollar for it! I gave the check to my dad for Christmas, and he framed it and hung it over his desk.”
“Marial and Uncle were no longer by his side, and they never would be again, but Salva knew that both of them would have wanted him to survive, to finish the trip and reach the Itang refugee camp sa...”
