"I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just dont take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read Little House on the Prairie when he was in third grade."

-- Jon Scieszka

#Girl Quotes #Reading Quotes #School Quotes

“It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.”
“The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build.”
“Referring to professor Muller's Berkely Earth Surface Temperature Project, "The Best project's treatment of science and of the public has been shoddy. That so many so-called reporters in the mainstream media should have been so uncritical and accepting of what was clearly misrepresentation is shocking. Once again they have been found to be supporters and advocates for a particular point of view when they should have been critical commentators and journalists. Climate science is important. It deserves better.”
“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.”
“People are lonely, and only animals with fancy shoes.”
“For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.”
“All that matter is honesty, integrity, and courage to face your conviction.”
“Writing the novel felt so private to me! I think publishing a novel is quite public and exposing, and what's a little frightening to me right now is the fact that it feels so entirely opposed to the privacy that is writing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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