"Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it."

-- Arthur Golden

“Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.”
“The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation.”
“I was just watching "So You Think You Can Dance," flipping channels, and I was like man, I could never do that.”
“Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.”

Source : Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2012). “Incredibly Alice”, p.202, Simon and Schuster
“Progress. There's a good deal too much o' this progress about nowadays, an', what's more, it'll have to stop.”
“I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that." "Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?" "Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation.”
“Not fair? Oh, I'm sorry I get this lovely laptop computing device when all you get is the ability to walk, control your hands, and know you'll survive until your eighteenth birthday." Then the kid was going, "Uh, I didn't mean..." But Tad wasn't done yet. While the whole class watched in horror, he put his hands through the metal support braces on the arms of his wheelchair and forced himself to stand up. Then he took a shaky little step to the side, gestured toward the chair, and said, "Why don't you take a turn with the laptop? You can even have my seat.”
“Within a month of intense life in the mountains is going through so much, what used to be a period of several years; This is a occupancy for people greedy for life - human life is not enough.”

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