Wendy Mass Quotes
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It's not an old book, or a treasure map. Nope. Staring up at me was a pile of rocks.
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I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.
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Everyone thinks I named my cat Mango because of his orange eyes, but that's not the case. I named him Mango because the sounds of his purrs and his wheezes and his meows are all various shades of yellow-orange.
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I blend in the backgroud. when I arive for lunch my friends are surprised i'm not already there.
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I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else.
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I've learned that almost anyone will help if you ask for it.
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(T)he world is broken up into pieces, and...it's up to everyone to help put it all back together. It's about recognizing the spark of life in everyone and everything, and gluing those shards back together.
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We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We are essentially a beautiful fluke, as are the millions of other species with which we share this planet. Our cells are composed of atoms and dust particles from distant galaxies, and from the billions of living organisms that inhabited this planet before us.
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Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.
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The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely glad I didn't bring a cup of grape juice with me.
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If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway.
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Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted.
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Whoa!" she says as I plow into her. " What are you DOING? Get off me!" I hang on tight. "Can't a girl just hug her big sister?" She stops fighting me. "Are you dying? Am I dying? Did Grandma die? I laugh. "No one died." "Then get off!
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Life is short, have dessert first.
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My arms flew up of thier own accord knoking my bag down. I grabbed hold of the desk to keep myself from falling down.
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How can you, of all people, say everything will be alright?" He has a point. I consider my answer. "Well, it's better than saying 'Keep on crying, I'm sure things will just get worse,' right?
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and as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, i realize that i never saw true beauty until now.
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Just as I suspected, my room does look different, post-eclipse. It looks smalled, like it can't contain me anymore. After all, I've got a whole new world to see.
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After all, they'd be busy for a while, they were Candymakers now, and they had a whole lotta candy to make.
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...I believe that once you find something you love, something that works, why keep looking for more? People always think there is something better around the corner. I decided a long time ago I'd stop wasting my time looking for something better and enjoy what I had.
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if they make me watch that movie one more time, I will fall down on my knees and beg for mercy
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I had been in the ditch for 2 and a half min. I wondered if my friends missed me.
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The people on the train with me don't know it, but in my head I'm dancing.
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When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.
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I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue with that?
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So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be alright.
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You take the flotsam," I tell her, "I'll take the jetsam." You always get the jetsam,"she says pretending to pout. "Do you ever think if poeple heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.
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Its a very good book and i wish i read it first than anyone else!!!!
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I'm sorry for the randomness of what I wrote, Mr. Oswald. There's been a lot to absorb.' Without looking up, he says, 'Never apologize for writing your truth, Mr. Fink. There are no right or wrong answers.
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I bet if you go through the rest of your life telling yourself, "I'm sparkling," you'll have a whole different energy and experience.
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