Ellie: “You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil.”Richard: “Good will triumph over evil.”Ellie: “Liar.
People are so cheap. Everyone wants quality, no one wants to pay for it. Here’s the suburban dream– to hire great workers who are such meek morons that they don’t have the guts to ask for a living wage.
Huevos up. Swing up to the window, swing back to Al B. Hall, who says, “Bless you,” and would I get him a bottle of Satan’s Red-Hot Revenge for the eggs?Sure thing, Pastor.
My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn’t have any excuse to be stupid.
When you listen to G. T. Stoop, you understand the importance of being a honorable person, you get charged to fight for the truth, you get angry that so many politicians are playing games with people’s trust.
You don’t understand the power of loss when it first hits you like a baseball coming fast from an out-of-control pitcher….It’s the third day after an injury when the pain really starts to throb.
When you have something so important, something that you’ll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it’s worth getting a few dark circles, don’t you think?
a man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter.
On cheap tippers:”Don’t take it personally; they were deprived somehow as children.On low-fat entrees: “They sell well enough, but nobody’s too happy after the meal.
You think all teenagers care about are musicians and movie stars?Spend some time in Wisconsin.We’ll blow your socks off.
Now I see that it isn’t the problems along the way that make us or break us. It’s how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.
If she’s really psychic,” Zack said when he saw Tanisha’s photo at school, “why does she need a doorbell?
You know where we got stuck? We were looking for faithfull, loving and perfect relationships-males who were always glad to see us.” “So?” “We already have that!” “What do you mean?” “We’ve got dogs!
Life and death played out before my very eyes. You don’t see these things if you clean your room regularly.
Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to be who you are.
But then Macon smiled at me. “Just be yourself, Foster. That’s the best thing in the world.
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.