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I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.
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I love you," Matt said. I love you, too," Maria replied. "I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it." If I have a soul, I'll go with you," promised Matt."
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love
soul
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People's souls are like gardens. You can't turn your back on someone because his garden's full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine.
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Nancy Farmer |
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He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted.
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Nancy Farmer |
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4f1a96d
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Slow people are just paying close attention.
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Nancy Farmer |
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After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?
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pain
suffering
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Nancy Farmer |
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c25589e
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Patience and love can do anything.
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Nancy Farmer |
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702d0ae
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Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.
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Nancy Farmer |
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Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.
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inspirational
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Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.
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observation
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Nancy Farmer |
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No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That's because there isn't any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie.
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lies
humanity
inferiority
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I don't mind," he whispered. "If I had a soul, I'd probably wind up in hell anyway."
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d194232
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
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rune
sea-of-trolls
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Nancy Farmer |
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The high point of your life was when you knocked me down
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life
knocked-down
high
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Nancy Farmer |
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Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.
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drug
power
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Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose it does. What other pleasure can a creature have whose life consists of making everyone else miserable?"
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Most of all, it was the wild music that impressed Matt. It did the same thing that playing the piano had done when he was frightened and lonely. It took him into another world where only beauty existed and where he was sage from hatred and disappointment and death.
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Nancy Farmer |
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A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings." --
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Nancy Farmer |
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The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered to herself, but she didn't know what she wanted and she had no idea how to find it.
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Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes," Matt said after he'd calmed enough to trust his voice. "He says they consent to die because they're animals and can't understand hope. Hit humans are different.. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win." "Yeah. About once in a million years," said Chacho. "Twice in a million," said Matt. "There's who o..
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You don't have a soul, so you can't be baptized. All animals are like that. I think it's unfair and sometimes I don't believe it. After all, what would heaven be without birds or dogs or horses? And what about trees and flowers? They don't have souls either. Does that mean heaven looks like a cement parking lot? I suppose this is what the nuns call a theological problem.
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Nancy Farmer |
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I think people have an instinct for a family. You look until you find a mother, a father, a sister, a brother. They don't have to be blood relatives. They just have to love you. And when you find them, you don't have to look anymore.
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Nancy Farmer |
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7d5c628
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No kindness is ever wasted, nor can we ever tell how much good may come of it.
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wisdom
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Nancy Farmer |
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6f00d3b
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That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.
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Nancy Farmer |
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I'd guess that you have some purpose to fulfill and that is why you were saved. But don't get a swelled head over it. A cabbage has a purpose when someone needs to make soup.
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Nancy Farmer |
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Just say no to pillaging.
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Nancy Farmer |
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a61746b
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Don't be angry," the Bard said. "Most people live inside a cage of their own expectations. It makes them feel safe. The world's a frightening place full of glory and wonder and, as we've both discovered, danger. Flying isn't for everyone."
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Nancy Farmer |
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87e92ca
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How much wickedness could you do in the service of good before it turned into pure evil?
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Nancy Farmer |
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She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.
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young-adult
the-house-of-the-scorpion
science-fiction-ya
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Nancy Farmer |
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421da91
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Knowledge is a house that must be built from the ground up. We know how to make the roof. The information is useless if we don't understand the foundations on which it is to be placed.
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Nancy Farmer |
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0cf4287
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Tom is a filthy little pustule. If you quote me, I'll deny it!
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science-fiction
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Nancy Farmer |
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b21b94f
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She took to reading with a fervor so extreme, Baba Joseph had to take the books from her hands by force. 'Your eyes are not tractors. They are not meant to pull heavy loads,' he said sternly.
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Nancy Farmer |
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Gods, if they're neglected, tend to fall asleep, but they never really go away.
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Nancy Farmer |
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When u are small, u can choose which way to grow. If you are kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. And if you are like El Patron . . . Just think about it." - Tam Lin"
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Nancy Farmer |
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Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.
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heroes
heroism
young-adult
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Nancy Farmer |
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321b34a
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Life and death are in constant battle. There is no way in this world for happiness to exist alone...
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Nancy Farmer |
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ca7c6da
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Death must be fought with life, and that means courage and that means joy,
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Nancy Farmer |
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I remembered what Olaf always said: You must never give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You never know what might happen on the way down.
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Nancy Farmer |
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I decided to forgive you after reading The Little Flowers of Saint Francis," Maria began. "You remember the wolf I talked about? Well, he was a monster who terrorized everybody until Saint Francis gave him a talking-to. He was sweet as a lamb and never ate anything but vegetables after that." "I didn't know wolves could digest vegetables," said Matt, who had studied biology. "That's not the point."
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Nancy Farmer |
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fb0cd19
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Matt discovered that no matter how terrified he'd been at first, it wasn't possible to stay terrified. It was as though his brain said, Okay. That's enough. Let's find something else to do.
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Nancy Farmer |
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Tendai remembered his last birthday. It seemed one shouldn't make wishes idly. Who knew which spirits were listening. He considered a moment and then thought, I wish for courage. Because with courage, you weren't afraid to look at the truth. You weren't afraid to ask questions or do the right thing.
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Nancy Farmer |
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When you're small, you can choose which way to grow. If you're kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. The idea that if you were mean, you might stay mean forever had never occurred to him.
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Nancy Farmer |
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1e5f813
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I am one for whom dangers are play- things One who empties men of their strength as a nut from its shell The charms you use I chop up for relish on my porridge Beware! I am a deadly mamba Wrestler of legends A hive of hornets A man among men
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Nancy Farmer |
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c2edb57
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It isn't healthy to care for someone who can never love you back.
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Nancy Farmer |