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Friday, July 20, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The Running Dream, By Wendelin Van Draanen
Page 82: "I fell off, but the merry-go-round keeps moving."
Page 145: "There are no words for this moment."
Page 158: "I want to believe."
Page 202: "Unfortunately there's often a deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete actions."
Page 214: "Going over the finish line must be wonderful... it means you finished. You made it. Even if you don't get a medal." "... about the finish line. It's symbolic because it's also the starting line."
Page 217: “Where’s your spirit? Where’s your determination, your drive? …Hasn’t being on this tram taught you that around the bend of every headwind cones a tailwind?”
Page 223: “I can see the grit… The focus.”
Page 237: “The truth is always OK.”
Page 241: “He tells us that life isn’t about what happens to you, it’s about what you do about what happens to you.”
Page 249: “Repetition. Effort. Pain. Success. There really is no shortcut.”
Page 256: “I try to think of good things, but somehow negative thoughts creep in. They take root so easily. Like pesky weeds in a delicate garden.”
Page 258: “You are worthy, okay? Quit telling yourself you’re not.”
Page 278: “But as every athlete knows—-no pain, no gain. So I push myself…”
Page 287: “I want to be around you because you inspire me! You’re amazing. You’re the most incredible person I have ever known.”
Page 291: “I laugh and I smile and I look into his eyes and see my little idea blooming inside him. Suddenly I feel stronger.” “In this moment, anything seems possible.”
Page 302: “Focus on the finish line.”
Page 306: “Her biggest wish isn’t to cross a finish line or have people cheer for her. It’s to have people see her instead of her condition. That’s all anybody with a disability wants. Don’t sum up the person based on what you see, or what you don’t understand; get to know them.”
Page 314: ” It’s disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness. They’re so hard to pull. And grow back easily.”
Page 328: “Minute by minute by minute by minute. Hour by hour… Day by day by day by day. That’s how anybody makes it through anything.”
Page 332: “This race has made me believe that there’s nothing I can’t do.”
Page 119: "It's the first time I've felt ready."
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury
Page 151: "...It'll come when we need it. All of us have photographic memories, but spend a lifetime learning how to block off the things that are really in there."
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys, By Kate Brian
Page 230: “I got a girl who knows who she is and is really good at being that person.”
Page 234: “…it all made sense at the time, you know?” “Well, everybody makes mistakes, I guess.” “There was just no reason for everyone to be so miserable.”
Page 257: “But apparently life didn’t imitate movies.”
Sunday, April 29, 2012
This Lullaby, By Sarah Dessen
Page 23: “I kept my closet the way I kept everything: neat and tidy.” “…Okay, so maybe I was a little obsessive. But so what? At least I wasn’t a slob.”
Page 27: “Okay, so maybe I did have a bit of history with expecting too much from relationships.
But gosh, at least I had standards…”
Page 36: “The stupidest part was that I let him, flushed as I was with love (not likely) or lust (more likely)…”
Page 82: “But I always worked harder when I was up against something, or when someone assumed I couldn’t succeed. That’s what drove me, all those nights studying. The fact that so many figured I couldn’t do it.”
Page 101: “When I think of myself then, what I was like two years ago, I feel like a wound in a bad place, prone to be bumped on corners or edges. Never able to heal.” “Nice girls didn’t do what I did. Nice girls waited. But even before it happened, I’d never counted myself as a nice girl.”
Page 117: “Because I didn’t show weakness: I didn’t depend on anyone.”
Page 142: “It was so hard to explain, but it gave me a chill, every time, almost like he was touching my heart.”
Page 188: “I must say, it’s your confidence that really did me in. You know, so many girls are always insecure, wondering if they’re fat, or if you really like them, but not you.”
Page 264: “And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.”
Page 316: “That strong sense of what we shared, good and bad, that led us to here, where my own story began.”
Page 320: “She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.”
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