

“I checked her backpack for her toothbrush and watched her go down the front steps, her shoulders squared confidently. I blew her a kiss and sat down to wait. Presently, she was back. Although wishing to run to the woods and live on our own seems to be an inherited characteristic in our family, we are not unique. Almost everyone I know has dreamed at some time of running away”
― My Side of the Mountain
― My Side of the Mountain

“What in the name of Llar was that all about?鈥 Colin asked, his face still drained of colour.
鈥業 have no bloody idea,鈥 William said his voice quivering.”
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips
鈥業 have no bloody idea,鈥 William said his voice quivering.”
― The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“袗 薪邪泄谐芯谢芯胁薪褨褕械 鈥 褍 胁褋褨褏 斜褍写懈薪泻邪褏, 锌芯胁蟹 褟泻褨 屑懈 锌褉芯褩卸写卸邪谢懈, 褋胁褨褌懈谢芯褋褟 胁褨泻薪邪, 褌芯卸 褟 蟹薪芯胁褍 屑芯谐谢邪 胁 薪懈褏 蟹邪蟹懈褉邪褌懈, 褔芯谐芯 屑械薪褨 褋褌褉邪褕械薪薪芯 斜褉邪泻褍胁邪谢芯 锌褨写 褔邪褋 胁褨泄薪懈. 孝芯写褨 卸 斜芯 胁 屑械薪械 斜褍谢芯 褌邪泻械 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟, 薪褨斜懈 胁褋褨 屑懈 锌械褉械褌胁芯褉懈谢懈褋褟 薪邪 泻褉芯褌褨胁, 褟泻褨 锌芯褏芯胁邪谢懈褋褟 褍 褋胁芯褩褏 褌械屑薪懈褏 褌褍薪械谢褟褏.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“I've heard that theory of the Therapeutic Community enough times to repeat it forwards and backwards - how a guy has to learn to get along in a group before he'll be able to function in a normal society; how the group can help the guy by showing him where he's out of place; how society is what decides who's sane and who isn't, so you got to measure up.”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest
“Fair enough, that's what most people look for to begin with, but money can be a sliding scale, the more you have, the more you want, the more you need,' McBlane said as he sharpened the ash on the tip of his cigar into a point against the rim of the ashtray. It gave him the appearance of wielding a dagger as he gestured with his cigar holding hand.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
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