"I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't want to talk about what happened , or how unfair it was. Not yet. The less said about that the better, because if there's one thing I learned from Ryter it's that you can't always be looking backward or something will hit you from the front."

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Source : Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.8, Scholastic Inc.

Rodman Philbrick

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“The ideal of all Kosovo is membership in the EU and a permanent friendship with the United States. I believe and I am convinced our dreams will come true,”
“Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.”

Source : Stephen Bayley (2000). “General Knowledge”, Booth-Clibborn
“I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.”
“To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.”
“I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the libraryâ€”subway maps, bus maps, and regular mapsâ€”and try to memorize them. Iâ€™m afraid of getting lost; no, Iâ€™m afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape.”
“To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.”

Source : Brown v. Board of Education (1954) See John M. Harlan (1833 - 1911) 1; Kerner 1
“Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path”

Source : Jean Anouilh, Lillian Hellman (1999). “The Lark”, p.43, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”

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