"Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like your broken."

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Source : "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". Book by Brian Selznick, www.npr.org. 2007.

Brian Selznick

#People Quotes #Broken Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“You always miss a great player, but I think the players on this team have taken a lot of pride in overcoming obstatcles when we have a player down ? not only the offensive players, but the defensive players. We were very fortunate that we played that well.”
“I want to live in a world where human beings, not corporate entities, create the future.”
“The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.”
“It's the best - combining the mediums of television, documentary, and books, to give you this transmedia experience for kids, for families, and for teachers.”
“It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.”
“Some days,' I say, 'I feel like I don't belong anywhere in that world. That world out there. 'I point to Grant. 'People walk down our street and people drive down it and people ride their bicycles down it and all of them, even the ones I know, could be from another planet. And I'm a visiting alien.' And aliens don't belong anywhere,' Adam finishes for me, 'except in their own little corners of the universe.' Right,' I say. ~pgs 57-58 Hattie and Adam on alienation”

Source : Karen Hesse, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Lord, Ann M. Martin (2013). “Scholastic Newbery Collection”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.
“Great shooters are one dribble guys.”
“It's so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work.”

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