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0c9b8a9	The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you		Rodman Philbrick
6ac1386	Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.	reading	Rodman Philbrick
0b544e0	Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.		Rodman Philbrick
aa7bcac	Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blue sky." "You're zoomed." "You ever eat blue sky?" "No," I admit. "Try it sometime," she says. "It's apple-flavored."	humor life inspirational obvious	Rodman Philbrick
69bcbd1	Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.	thought	Rodman Philbrick
c4f420b	Remembering is a great invention of the mind.		Rodman Philbrick
6cc8aaa	You don't need a time machine if you know how to remember.		Rodman Philbrick
60b3722	His heart was simply to big for his body.		Rodman Philbrick
b6eb8bd	I never had a brian till freak came along..		Rodman Philbrick
237ad11	Good riddance to bad rubbish.	my should motto	Rodman Philbrick
0a172eb	remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.	mind	Rodman Philbrick
b27cc2b	You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asleep, and I never DO fall asleep because I keep waiting for the alarm to go off.		Rodman Philbrick
989897c	Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours		Rodman Philbrick
5eb085b	Remembering is just an invention of the mind... It means that if you want to, you can remember anything, whether it happened or not... You don't need a time machine if you can remember.		Rodman Philbrick
e963fc1	I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'	rodman-philbrick	Rodman Philbrick
e7d756d	Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing so hard my nose is running."		Rodman Philbrick
76809f8	Matter of fact, I watch tons of tube, but I also read tons of books so I can figure out what's true and what's fake, which isn't always easy. Books are like truth serum--if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.		Rodman Philbrick
9c3f323	Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.		Rodman Philbrick
9f5210c	MASSIVES, fat heads who assume that television tells the truth" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 165"		Rodman Philbrick
1d83cbc	The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like.		Rodman Philbrick
4da79c9	BOOK, a four-letter word for truth serum" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 161"		Rodman Philbrick
1a21d88	READING, beaming up into books" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 167"		Rodman Philbrick
7917f07	I don't have any of the answers, son. Never did. All I can do is keep asking the questions. Keep trying to make sense of why people do what they do.		Rodman Philbrick
e285cac	I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that's the truth, the whole truth.		Rodman Philbrick
9cf9825	LIBRARY, where they keep the truth serum, and the magic carpets" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 165"		Rodman Philbrick
19baf57	I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't want to talk about what happened , or how unfair it was. Not yet. The less said about that the better, because if there's one thing I learned from Ryter it's that you can't always be looking backward or something will hit you from the front.	life-lessons unfairness regrets	Rodman Philbrick
0df2cd9	It all boils down to this: A person has only two options in life, to do something or to do nothing.		Rodman Philbrick
4f0aa73	What a goon, except it really is funny, me trying to sneeze a hot dog through my nose, and we're both laughing like total morons.		Rodman Philbrick
8e7e6f1	I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard and a walking stick and a heart so big it won't let him stop thinking he can change the world by writing down things in a book no one will ever read.	heroes dreams old-man book hero	Rodman Philbrick
3d85565	I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.	nihilism fire destruction	Rodman Philbrick
a2324bd	I think in some way it's like that for all of us, living with the ghosts of things that used to be, or never were. We're all of us haunted by yesterday, and we got no choice but to keep marching into our tomorrows.		Rodman Philbrick
8984d7d	Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.		Rodman Philbrick
55a2106	Shut up!" I say, holding my hands to my ears. "Shut up!" But the stupid gummy won't shut up; he's trying to tell me something important even though I'm covering my ears and I don't want to hear it and I don't want to think about who I am or what's wrong with me or why I'm out here at the edge of the Urb, at the edge of the known world, listening to some old mope who's so crazy, he think about the future when everyone knows that the future d..	future denial	Rodman Philbrick
691e437	For the last week or so it's like getting jabbed with a little needle every time I hear that word. Gram is trying to pretend how excited she is I'm finally in the eighth grade, like this is a really big deal. Which is a joke, because the only reason I got passed from seventh grade is because they figured this way the big butthead can be -- quote -- someone else's problem, thank God, we've had quite enough of Maxwell Kane -- unquote.		Rodman Philbrick
531f401	He's a feral child. No mother, no father, no one to care for him or raise him or teach him how to be human. So he's existed much like an animal, without language. He thinks in images, not word." "How strange," Lanaya, sounding amazed. Ryter shakes his head sadly. "Not strange, I'm afaraid. His condition is all too common in the latches. And becoming more common every day."	feral-child feral-children feral	Rodman Philbrick
fb75019	freak the mighty is the best book I ever read so I recommend it to anyone who likes good books that have different feellings and emotions		Rodman Philbrick
b28c9fd	Dead man has nothin' to lose, nothin' to be feared of. Now I'm back among the living and scared to death about what happens next. --Samuel Reed		Rodman Philbrick
e4d1690	when the dope fiend who lived there finally got busted. At first I'm thinking the dope fiend is back,		Rodman Philbrick
c563218	It's fun to be amazing, to be the star of the show, to have everyone watching you--even if you have to act like a pig.		Rodman Philbrick
2092b62	In his opinion, humans were best when miserable, and so he had worked at being miserable his whole life, and in his generous way tried to make as many people miserable as possible.		Rodman Philbrick
c376b1a	Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching	faith inspirational-attitude	Rodman Philbrick
d8d66fc	Will it hurt?" I ask. "Getting your parts replaced?" Freak doesn't answer for a while and then he says in his stern, smart voice, "Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain."		Rodman Philbrick
2ba8186	scratches his tummy with the tip of her		Rodman Philbrick
1712901	You could hear a mouse fart.		Rodman Philbrick

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

Rodman Philbrick

6ac1386

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

reading

Rodman Philbrick

0b544e0

Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.

Rodman Philbrick

aa7bcac

Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. "You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?" she asks. "No, what?" "Blue sky." "You're zoomed." "You ever eat blue sky?" "No," I admit. "Try it sometime," she says. "It's apple-flavored."

humor life inspirational obvious

Rodman Philbrick

69bcbd1

Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.

thought

Rodman Philbrick

c4f420b

Remembering is a great invention of the mind.

Rodman Philbrick

6cc8aaa

You don't need a time machine if you know how to remember.

Rodman Philbrick

60b3722

His heart was simply to big for his body.

Rodman Philbrick

b6eb8bd

I never had a brian till freak came along..

Rodman Philbrick

237ad11

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

my should motto

Rodman Philbrick

0a172eb

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

mind

Rodman Philbrick

b27cc2b

You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asleep, and I never DO fall asleep because I keep waiting for the alarm to go off.

Rodman Philbrick

989897c

Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours

Rodman Philbrick

5eb085b

Remembering is just an invention of the mind... It means that if you want to, you can remember anything, whether it happened or not... You don't need a time machine if you can remember.

Rodman Philbrick

e963fc1

I could tell you all the medical terminology,' She says. 'But what finally happened is his heart got to big for his body'

rodman-philbrick

Rodman Philbrick

e7d756d

Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing so hard my nose is running."

Rodman Philbrick

76809f8

Matter of fact, I watch tons of tube, but I also read tons of books so I can figure out what's true and what's fake, which isn't always easy. Books are like truth serum--if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

Rodman Philbrick

9c3f323

Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.

Rodman Philbrick

9f5210c

MASSIVES, fat heads who assume that television tells the truth" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 165"

Rodman Philbrick

1d83cbc

The future is like the moon. You never expect to go there, or think about what it might be like.

Rodman Philbrick

4da79c9

BOOK, a four-letter word for truth serum" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 161"

Rodman Philbrick

1a21d88

READING, beaming up into books" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 167"

Rodman Philbrick

7917f07

I don't have any of the answers, son. Never did. All I can do is keep asking the questions. Keep trying to make sense of why people do what they do.

Rodman Philbrick

e285cac

I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that's the truth, the whole truth.

Rodman Philbrick

9cf9825

LIBRARY, where they keep the truth serum, and the magic carpets" -Kevin 'Freak' from Freak's Dictionary --"Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick pg 165"

Rodman Philbrick

19baf57

I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't want to talk about what happened , or how unfair it was. Not yet. The less said about that the better, because if there's one thing I learned from Ryter it's that you can't always be looking backward or something will hit you from the front.

life-lessons unfairness regrets

Rodman Philbrick

0df2cd9

It all boils down to this: A person has only two options in life, to do something or to do nothing.

Rodman Philbrick

4f0aa73

What a goon, except it really is funny, me trying to sneeze a hot dog through my nose, and we're both laughing like total morons.

Rodman Philbrick

8e7e6f1

I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard and a walking stick and a heart so big it won't let him stop thinking he can change the world by writing down things in a book no one will ever read.

heroes dreams old-man book hero

Rodman Philbrick

3d85565

I'm thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there's nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

nihilism fire destruction

Rodman Philbrick

a2324bd

I think in some way it's like that for all of us, living with the ghosts of things that used to be, or never were. We're all of us haunted by yesterday, and we got no choice but to keep marching into our tomorrows.

Rodman Philbrick

8984d7d

Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.

Rodman Philbrick

55a2106

Shut up!" I say, holding my hands to my ears. "Shut up!" But the stupid gummy won't shut up; he's trying to tell me something important even though I'm covering my ears and I don't want to hear it and I don't want to think about who I am or what's wrong with me or why I'm out here at the edge of the Urb, at the edge of the known world, listening to some old mope who's so crazy, he think about the future when everyone knows that the future d..

future denial

Rodman Philbrick

691e437

For the last week or so it's like getting jabbed with a little needle every time I hear that word. Gram is trying to pretend how excited she is I'm finally in the eighth grade, like this is a really big deal. Which is a joke, because the only reason I got passed from seventh grade is because they figured this way the big butthead can be -- quote -- someone else's problem, thank God, we've had quite enough of Maxwell Kane -- unquote.

Rodman Philbrick

531f401

He's a feral child. No mother, no father, no one to care for him or raise him or teach him how to be human. So he's existed much like an animal, without language. He thinks in images, not word." "How strange," Lanaya, sounding amazed. Ryter shakes his head sadly. "Not strange, I'm afaraid. His condition is all too common in the latches. And becoming more common every day."

feral-child feral-children feral

Rodman Philbrick

fb75019

freak the mighty is the best book I ever read so I recommend it to anyone who likes good books that have different feellings and emotions

Rodman Philbrick

b28c9fd

Dead man has nothin' to lose, nothin' to be feared of. Now I'm back among the living and scared to death about what happens next. --Samuel Reed

Rodman Philbrick

e4d1690

when the dope fiend who lived there finally got busted. At first I'm thinking the dope fiend is back,

Rodman Philbrick

c563218

It's fun to be amazing, to be the star of the show, to have everyone watching you--even if you have to act like a pig.

Rodman Philbrick

2092b62

In his opinion, humans were best when miserable, and so he had worked at being miserable his whole life, and in his generous way tried to make as many people miserable as possible.

Rodman Philbrick

c376b1a

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

faith inspirational-attitude

Rodman Philbrick

d8d66fc

Will it hurt?" I ask. "Getting your parts replaced?" Freak doesn't answer for a while and then he says in his stern, smart voice, "Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain."

Rodman Philbrick

2ba8186

scratches his tummy with the tip of her

Rodman Philbrick

1712901

You could hear a mouse fart.

Rodman Philbrick